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From: Karsten Wutzke <kwutzke@usa.net>
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Subject: Re: Primitive Naming Standard - Result?
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:10:01 +0200
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Darco wrote:

> It would seem that everyone is using different standards for naming TMD
> primitives - and it becomes hard to understand exactly which primitive
> someone is talking about. Is there a standard naming convention? If not,
> should we make one?
>
> For instance, here's the one I use in my own TMD generation functions.
> It is easy to read, logical, and coveres every primitive the net yaroze
> TMD format is capable of.
>
> F3      - Flat Shaded Tri w/ Flat Pigment
> F3G     - Flat Shaded Tri w/ Gradient Pigment
> F3T     - Flat Shaded Tri w/ Texture
> G3      - Gouraud Shaded Tri w/ Flat Pigment
> G3G     - Gouraud Shaded Tri w/ Gradient Pigment
> G3T     - Gouraud Shaded Tri w/ Texture
> N3      - Non-Shaded Tri w/ Flat Pigment
> N3G     - Non-Shaded Tri w/ Gradient Pigment
> N3T     - Non-Shaded Tri w/ Texture
> N3GT    - Non-Shaded Tri w/ Gradient & Texture
>
> F4      - Flat Shaded Quad w/ Flat Pigment
> F4G     - Flat Shaded Quad w/ Gouraud Shading
> F4T     - Flat Shaded Quad w/ Texture
> G4      - Gouraud Shaded Quad w/ Flat Pigment
> G4G     - Gouraud Shaded Quad w/ Gradient Pigment
> G4T     - Gouraud Shaded Quad w/ Texture
> N4      - Non-Shaded Quad w/ Flat Pigment
> N4G     - Non-Shaded Quad w/ Gradient Pigment
> N4T     - Non-Shaded Quad w/ Texture
> N4GT    - Non-Shaded Quad w/ Gradient & Texture
>
> These prmitives aren't supported, but they might be eventually...
>
> N2      - Line w/ Flat Pigment
> N2G     - Line w/ Gradient Pigment
>
> Any input?
>
> 'Darco

  Hmmm...
Didn't know. The naming convention I used was adopted from an SCEE code
example. I thought these naming conventions were from SCEE itself.

Hence I would agree upon a standard way of naming for easier and better
communication and productivity and...and...
But which one now? ALTOGETHER! ( or YA-RO-ZE!  :-)   )

I'd like to use it immediately if we had one...

Karsten