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From: Robert Swan <rs108@mdx.ac.uk>
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Subject: 3D tutorial
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:03:58 +0000
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A 3D tutorial was made available to everyone a while ago by my lecturer
(P.Passmore). I have recently finished a complimentary set of tutorial
demo programs that work well with this tutorial. The files can be picked
up from -

http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~middex2

and the file details are as follows -

tutorial.zip	(the tutorial text file)
comp_tut.zip	(the example programs)

Many people found the tutorial helpful, so are worth a look. I had a
quick check when I put up the files, and they seem ok. Because of a lack
of time, I have not included a README.TXT which I will do on Monday, but
for now, here are a couple of points off the top of my head...

The programs are zipped up in directories. You should recreate the
directory structure when unzipping. Using DOS pkunzip, the command
syntax is -

PKUNZIP COMP_TUT.ZIP -d

The .C files are written and best viewed in an editor that is set up
with over 90 columns, no line wrap, and tabs every 2 characters.

There are discrepencies between the tutorial file and the example
programs; in most cases becuase I have merely renamed variables and
functions to differentiate between structures and instances of the
structures, but also in some cases because of mistakes in the tutorial
file (which I will be trying to correct Monday)

I hope they are helpful, and any comments on them would be gratefully
received -

Robert Swan
rs108@mdx.ac.uk
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~middex2