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From: "Mario Wynands" <mario@sidhe.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: General 3d books
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:19:03 +1200
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Rikki Prince <netyaroze@rprince.dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I know I'm gonna want to go into 3d programming, although reading all the
> tutorials I can find on Net Yaroze 3d stuff, after seeing some of the NG
> messages, I realise I need a better grounding in 3d maths and the like.
Can
> anyone suggest any good 3d books?

The two books we use for 3D graphical stuff are

"3D Computer Graphics"
Alan Watt, Addison-Wesley 1993, ISBN 0-201-63186-5

"Computer Graphics - Principles and Practice"
James Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven Feiner, John Hughes, Addison-Wesley
1993, ISBN 0-201-84840-6


Not only do you get the 3D math explained (in a computer graphics context),
but you will also have an overview of a number of 3D graphics related
techniques.  The first one is more for beginners, the second gets into some
pretty heavy stuff.


Hope this helps

Mario Wynands
Sidhe Interactive
mario@sidhe.co.nz
www.sidhe.co.nz