VIDI Presenter 3D Animator Toolkit

Presenter Professional Database

The database is contained within a single handle. Within the handle are data elements which have their own type and length. The first element is always a group folder which contains the entire database. After that more group folders and group objects. Group objects contain a single element of data which is some type of geometry. The layout below shows the database layout for the group windows shown on the right. All groups have a unique ID number, that number should be stored in the animator config handle. If use of the database offset or group name is used, further modification of the database may make those invalid.

Standard layout of a database:

group(p) - (name=Design)
	group(o) - (name=Cube 1)
		cube
	group(o) - (name=Cylinder 1)
		cylinder
	group(p) - (name=paths)
		group(o) - (name=Spline 1)
			multitype
		group(o) - (name=Spline 2)
			multitype

This is a list of the standard datatypes with their type number:

 
1. GroupType Header for group of Elements/Groups

    

2. DotType A single XYZ point (obsolete)

    

3. LineType Line + All Continuations

    

4. ArcType arc/circle definition

    

5. rArcType rotate arc/circle definition

    

6. CubeType Cube consisting of 8 vertices

    

7. MeshType Spline Mesh with lots of splines

    

8. PPtype Grid Of Points, Line Surface

    

9. PCPtype Smooth Surface contains all factors

    

10. PCLtype Smooth Line contains all factors

     

11. ParallelType Parallel Lines with all continuations

     

12. PictType PICT display in the database

     

13. paletteType Pallete of colors for the group it's in

     

14. InsertType Historical - Not Used (treat as no-op)

     

15. LibraryType Historical - Not Used (treat as no-op)

     

16. sCubeType solid cube, anchor + size

     

17. CylinderType also doubles as cone

     

18. SphereType Replaces old SphereType

     

19. DiskType

     

20. TorusType

     

21. PlaneType

     

22. PrismType also doubles as PyramidType

     

23. PPStype Grid of Points with normals

     

24. MultiType sub structure contains lines, splines & arcs

     

25. JoinType Join mesh of points

     

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Last update 26FEB96 by Eric Popejoy.