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• Chapter 3, “Specifying the Appearance of Geometries,” describes the appearance
fields in csContext and csAppearance.
• Chapter 4, “Scene Graph Nodes,” describes nodes and node types.
• Chapter 5, “Building a Scene Graph,” describes how to build and edit a scene
graph.
• Chapter 6, “Placing Shapes in a Scene,” describes how to place shapes in scenes.
• Chapter 7, “Traversing the Scene Graph,” describes how an action traverses a scene
graph and a description of the actions available in Cosmo 3D.
• Chapter 8, “Lighting and Fog,” describes how to use lights, change the shadow
modeling, and change the screen to one color. It also discusses fog, a new feature in
Cosmo 3D 1.1.
• Chapter 9, “Viewing the Scene,” describes how to set up the viewport and how to
use cameras to view a scene.
• Chapter 10, “Scene Graph Engines,” describes csEngine and the multiple subclasses
derived from it.
• Chapter 11, “Sensors,” explains how to implement sensors. Sensors are used to
detect time passing and ointer device events.
• Chapter 12, “User Interface Mechanisms,” discusses how to implement user
interaction using X window code, csWindow, and selection mechanisms.
• Chapter 13, “Multiprocessing,” describes how to implement multiprocessing.
• Chapter 14, “Optimizing Rendering,” describes the Cosmo 3D nodes and
programming techniques that can help optimize your application’s performance.
• Chapter 15, “Adding Sounds To Virtual Worlds,” describes how to set and play
sound using Cosmo 3D.
• Appendix A, “Cosmo Basic Types,” discusses all of the basic types that are used in
other Cosmo 3D classes.
• Appendix B, “Cosmo 3D Sample Application,” lists a complete sample application
and explains its components.
• Appendix C, “Cosmo 3D Class Hierarchy,” shows the class hierarcy in Cosmo 3D.
These chapters and appendices are followed by an index.
