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Chapter 4: Pipeline Contexts
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A pipeline context is a PEX resource containing an instance of the
.IN "Pipeline context"
.IN "Attributes"
attributes which describe a rendering pipeline.  The attributes
in a pipeline context are used to initialize the renderer resource's pipeline
state whenever a
.PN PEXBeginPickAll ,
.PN PEXBeginPickOne ,
.PN PEXBeginRendering ,
.PN PEXPickAll ,
.PN PEXPickOne
or
.PN PEXRenderNetwork
function is called.  The pipeline context section
describes pipeline context attributes and the operations that
can be performed on pipeline context resources.
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Some of the attributes in a pipeline context are references to other resources. 
If a resource identifier is used in creating another resource, but then that
first resource is freed, the value
.PN PEXAlreadyFreed
is returned as the resource identifier of the first resource when the later
resource is queried.
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The following sections describe the attributes of a
pipeline context and how attributes affect the operation of the rendering
pipeline.
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In addition to the descriptions of attributes given here, see also
\fIChapter 2: Output Commands\fP.
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Marker Attributes
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The attributes described in this section control the appearance of marker
primitives.
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.IN marker type
The marker type attribute
specifies the marker type (glyph) to use when drawing marker primitives.
The supported marker types are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
The
.PN PEXMarkerDot
type displays the smallest displayable dot at the marker
position.  The marker scale factor is ignored for
.PN PEXMarkerDot .
The
.PN PEXMarkerCross
type displays a cross or plus sign with the intersection at the
marker position.
The
.PN PEXMarkerAsterisk
type displays a star or asterisk with the
center at the marker position.
The
.PN PEXMarkerCircle
type displays a circle with
the center at the marker position.
The
.PN PEXMarkerX
type displays an "x" or
diagonal cross with the intersection at the marker position.
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The default marker type is
.PN PEXMarkerAsterisk .
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.IN marker scale
The marker scale attribute
contains the marker scale factor to use when drawing marker
primitives.  It is multiplied by the nominal marker size (see
.PN PEXGetImpDepConstants )
to determine the actual size of
the marker to be drawn.
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The default marker scale is 1.0.
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.IN marker color
.IN color marker
The marker color attribute
contains the color value to use when drawing marker primitives.
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The default marker color has color type 
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and a color value of one.
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.IN marker bundle
.IN bundle marker
The marker bundle index attribute
contains the lookup table index used to obtain bundled marker
attributes from the marker bundle table.
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The default marker bundle index is one.
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Text Attributes
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The attributes described in this section control the
appearance of text and annotation text primitives.  Text and annotation
text primitives share the text font index, text precision, character
expansion, character spacing, text color, and text bundle index attributes.
Text and annotation text primitives use separate path, alignment, height,
and up vector attributes.
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.IN text "font index"
The text font index attribute
contains the lookup table index used to
obtain the font identification for drawing text
and annotation text primitives.
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The default text font index is one.
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.IN text precision
The text precision attribute
contains the text precision to use when drawing text
and annotation text primitives.  The possible values are
.PN PEXStrokePrecision ,
.PN PEXCharPrecision
and
.PN PEXStringPrecision .
For
.PN PEXStrokePrecision
precision, clipping and transformation occurs on every stroke
that defines a character glyph.
For
.PN PEXCharPrecision
precision, clipping and transformation occurs on at least a
character-by-character basis.
A text string in
.PN PEXStringPrecision
precision is treated as a single entity that
is transformed and clipped.
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The default text precision is
.PN PEXStringPrecision .
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.IN "character expansion"
.IN text "character expansion"
The character expansion attribute
specifies the deviation of the width to height
ratio of the characters from the ratio indicated by the 
font designer.
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The default character expansion is 1.0.
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.IN "character spacing"
.IN text "character spacing"
The character spacing attribute
specifies how much additional space is to be inserted between
two adjacent character bodies and is specified as a fraction of the
font-nominal character height.
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The default character spacing is 0.0.
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.IN text color
.IN color text
The text color attribute
contains the color value to use when drawing text primitives.
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The default text color has color type
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and a color value of one.
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.IN "character height"
.IN text "character height"
The character height attribute
contains the character height to use when drawing text primitives.
The character height
is specified in modeling coordinates.
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The default character height is 0.01.
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.IN "character up vector"
.IN text "character up vector"
The character up vector attribute
contains the character up vector
to use when drawing text primitives.
The up vector
is specified in the text local coordinate system defined by the direction
vectors specified with the text primitive.
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The default character up vector is <0.0, 1.0>.
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.IN text path
The text path attribute
contains the text path to use when drawing text primitives
(i.e., the writing path of the text string).  Possible values for text
path are
.PN PEXPathLeft
(text path is to the left),
.PN PEXPathRight
(text
path is to the right),
.PN PEXPathUp
(text path is up), and
.PN PEXPathDown
(text path is
down).
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The default text path is
.PN PEXPathRight .
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.IN text alignment
The text alignment attribute
contains the horizontal and vertical alignment
to use when drawing text primitives.  The possible values for
horizontal alignment are
.PN PEXHAlignNormal ,
.PN PEXHAlignLeft ,
.PN PEXHAlignRight ,
and
.PN PEXHAlignCenter .
If horizontal alignment is
.PN PEXHAlignNormal ,
text string alignment is "normal" with
respect to the current text path.
A text string with
.PN PEXHAlignLeft
horizontal alignment is left-justified,
a text string with
.PN PEXHAlignRight
horizontal alignment is right-justified,
and a text string with
.PN PEXHAlignCenter
horizontal alignment is center-justified.
The possible values for vertical alignment are
.PN PEXVAlignNormal ,
.PN PEXVAlignTop ,
.PN PEXVAlignCap ,
.PN PEXVAlignHalf ,
.PN PEXVAlignBase ,
and
.PN PEXVAlignBottom .
If vertical alignment is
.PN PEXVAlignNormal ,
text string alignment is "normal" with
respect to the current text path.
Text strings with
.PN PEXVAlignTop ,
.PN PEXVAlignCap ,
.PN PEXVAlignHalf ,
.PN PEXVAlignBase
and
.PN PEXVAlignBottom
vertical alignment
are aligned with the character top line, cap line, half line, base line and
bottom line, respectively.
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The default text horizontal alignment is
.PN PEXHAlignNormal
and the
default text vertical alignment is
.PN PEXVAlignNormal .
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.IN "character height" "annotation"
.IN "annotation text" "character height"
.IN "text" "annotation character height"
The annotation text height attribute
has the same meaning for annotation text
primitives as the text height attribute has for text primitives.
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The default annotation text height is 0.01.
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.IN "character up vector" "annotation"
.IN "annotation text" "character up vector"
.IN "text" "annotation up vector"
The annotation text up vector attribute
has the same meaning for annotation text
primitives as the text up vector attribute has for text primitives.
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The default annotation text up vector is <0.0, 1.0>.
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.IN "annotation text" "path"
.IN "text path" "annotation"
The annotation text path attribute
has the same meaning for annotation text
primitives as the text path attribute has for text primitives.
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The default annotation text path is
.PN PEXPathRight .
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.IN "annotation text" "alignment"
.IN "text alignment" "annotation"
The annotation text alignment attribute
has the same meaning for annotation text
primitives as the text alignment attribute has for text primitives.
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The default annotation text horizontal alignment is
.PN PEXHAlignNormal
and the
default annotation text vertical alignment is
.PN PEXVAlignNormal .
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.IN "annotation text" "style"
The annotation text style attribute
specifies the style to use when drawing annotation text primitives.
Supported annotation text styles are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the style is
.PN PEXATextConnected
a line is drawn, using the current line
attributes, from the annotation text reference point to the annotation text
string.
If the style is
.PN PEXATextNotConnected ,
no connecting line is drawn.
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The default annotation text style is
.PN PEXATextNotConnected .
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.IN "text" "bundle index"
.IN "bundle" "text"
The text bundle index attribute
contains the lookup table index
used to obtain bundled text attributes from the text bundle table.
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The default text bundle index is one.
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Line and Curve Attributes
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.IN attributes polyline
.IN attributes "B-spline curves"
The attributes in this section control the appearance of polylines,
non-uniform rational B-spline curves.
Also, when the annotation text style is
.PN PEXATextConnected ,
the
connection lines are drawn using the current set of line and curve attributes.
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.IN "line" "type"
The line type attribute
specifies the style to use when drawing line or curve primitives.
Supported line types are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
A line drawn with a line type of
.PN PEXLineTypeSolid
is drawn as a solid, unbroken
line. A line of type
.PN PEXLineTypeDashed
is drawn using dashed lines. A line of
type
.PN PEXLineTypeDotted
is drawn using dotted lines. A line of type
.PN PEXLineTypeDashDot
is drawn with alternating dots and dashes.
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The default line type is
.PN PEXLineTypeSolid .
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.IN line width
The line width attribute
is the scale factor applied to the nominal width of the polyline or curve
primitive to
be rendered.  Line width is applied in 2D device coordinates after the
primitive has been transformed from 3D space to 2D device space.  It is
multiplied by the nominal line width (see
.PN PEXGetImpDepConstants )
to
determine the actual width of the line or curve to be drawn.
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The default line width scale factor is 1.0.
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.IN line color
.IN color line
The line color attribute
contains the color value to use when drawing line
or curve primitives.
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The default line color has color type
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and a color value of one.
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.IN "curve approximation"
.IN "B-spline" "curve approximation"
The curve approximation attribute
affects only non-uniform rational B-spline curves.
Supported curve approximation methods are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the curve approximation method is
.PN PEXApproxImpDep , 
an implementation-dependent method is used to approximate the curve. 
The tolerance value is not used for this method.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxConstantBetweenKnots ,
the curve is
tessellated with equal parametric increments between successive pairs of knots.
When the curve includes knots and the tolerance is negative, the curve is
evaluated at just the parametric bounds, plus all knots which are between the
parametric bounds.  If the tolerance is positive, the curve is evaluated at
the number of points between the knots, but only if these parametric values are
between the parametric bounds.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxWCChordalSize ,
the curve
is tessellated until the length of every line segment, in world coordinates, is
less than the tolerance. If the method is
.PN PEXApproxNPCChordalSize ,
the curve is
tessellated until the length of every line segment, in normalized projection
coordinates, is less than the tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxDCChordalSize ,
the curve is
tessellated until the length of every line segment, in device
coordinates, is less than the tolerance. If the method is
.PN PEXCurveApproxWCChordalDev ,
the curve is tessellated until the maximum
deviation, in world coordinates, between the line and the curve is less than
the tolerance. If the method is
.PN PEXCurveApproxNPCChordalDev ,
the curve is
tessellated until the maximum deviation, in normalized projection coordinates,
between the line and the curve is less than the tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXCurveApproxDCChordalDev ,
the curve is
tessellated until the maximum deviation, in device coordinates,
between the line and the curve is less than the tolerance. 
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxWCRelative ,
the tolerance value must be between 0 and 1.
The tolerance specifies an approximation value which
indicates a relative quality of rendering to be maintained independent of 
scaling in world coordinates.
Values closer to 1 specify a better relative quality.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxNPCRelative ,
the tolerance value must be between 0 and 1.
The tolerance specifies an approximation value which
indicates a relative quality of rendering to be maintained independent of 
scaling in normalized projection coordinates.
Values closer to 1 specify a better relative quality.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxDCRelative ,
the tolerance value must be between 0 and 1.
The tolerance specifies an approximation value which
indicates a relative quality of rendering to be maintained independent of 
scaling in device coordinates. 
Values closer to 1 specify a better relative quality.
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The default curve
approximation method is
.PN PEXApproxImpDep .
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.IN "line" "interpolation"
.IN "polyline" "interpolation"
.IN "B-spline" "polyline interpolation"
The polyline interpolation attribute
does not affect non-uniform rational B-spline curves.
Supported polyline interpolation methods are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the method is
.PN PEXPolylineInterpNone ,
color values are not interpolated between
vertices, when they are provided.  If colors are specified at the vertices of a
polyline set primitive, the color of the ith vertex is used when drawing the
line segment between the ith and i+1th vertices.
If the method is
.PN PEXPolylineInterpColor ,
color values are
interpolated along the line segment for pixels between the vertices.
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The default polyline interpolation method is
.PN PEXPolylineInterpNone .
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.IN "line" "bundle index"
.IN "polyline" "bundle index"
.IN "bundle" "line"
The line bundle index attribute
contains the lookup table index used
to obtain bundled line and curve attributes from the line
bundle table.
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The default line bundle index is one.
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Surface Attributes
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.IN "surface" "attributes"
.IN "attributes" "surface"
This section describes attributes that affect the appearance of
area-defining (surface) primitives.  The list of surface primitives
includes fill areas, fill area sets, triangle strips, quadrilateral meshes,
non-uniform rational B-spline surfaces and SOFAS (Set Of Fill Area Sets).
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.IN "surface" "interior style"
.IN "interior style"
.IN "surface" "facing"
The surface interior style attribute
defines the interior style used when
drawing front-facing surfaces.  This attribute will also be used as
the interior style for back-facing surfaces if the surface distinguish
attribute is
.PN False .
Supported surface interior styles are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the surface interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleHollow ,
only the boundary is drawn.
If the interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleSolid ,
the surface interior is filled.
If the interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern ,
the surface interior is filled with the
currently selected pattern, oriented according to the current pattern size,
pattern reference point, and pattern reference vectors.
If the interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleHatch ,
the surface interior is filled with the currently
selected hatch style.  If
the interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleEmpty ,
the surface interior is not drawn
at all.
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The default interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleHollow .
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.IN "surface" "interior style index"
.IN "interior style index"
If the current surface interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern ,
the surface interior style index attribute
selects which pattern will
be used to render fill areas.  If the current surface interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleHatch ,
this index selects which hatch style will
be used to render fill areas.  This attribute is not used with other
interior styles.
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The default interior style index is one.
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.IN "surface" "color"
.IN "color" "surface"
The surface color attribute
contains the color value to use when drawing surfaces
(provided the primitive does not have facet or vertex colors which override the
surface color) that are front-facing with respect to the viewing position. It
will also be used as the color for back-facing surfaces if the surface
distinguish attribute is
.PN False .
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The default front-facing surface color has color type
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and a color value of one.
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.IN "surface" "reflection"
The surface reflection attributes
are used during the reflectance calculation stage
of the rendering pipeline.
These attributes will also be used as the surface reflection attributes
for back-facing
primitives if the surface distinguish attribute is
.PN False .
The specular color attribute provides an additional coefficient per primary for
use in the specular reflection computation.  This allows highlights to be
computed that are some color other than that of the light source.  The specular
concentration defines the sharpness of the specular highlights or the
"shininess" of the surface.  This value is typically used as the exponent in
the specular reflection term of lighting equations and it ranges from zero to
the maximum floating point value.  If the specular concentration is zero,
specular highlights are very broad.  If the specular concentration is much
larger than zero, the highlights are very small and sharp, as if the surface
was very shiny.  The transmission coefficient indicates the amount of light
that passes through a surface.  A transmission coefficient of zero indicates
the surface is opaque (lets no light through); a transmission coefficient
of 1.0 indicates the surface is totally invisible (lets all light through).
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The default surface reflection attributes are: ambient coefficient = 1.0,
diffuse coefficient = 1.0,  specular coefficient = 1.0, specular 
concentration = 0.0, transmission coefficient = 0.0, specular color
type =
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and color value of one.
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.IN "surface" "reflection model"
The surface reflection model attribute
defines the method to use in approximating
the effect of light reflecting from surface primitives.
This attribute will also be used for back-facing primitives if the surface
distinguishing attribute is
.PN False .
Supported surface reflection models are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the surface reflection model is
.PN PEXReflectionNone ,
no reflectance calculation is performed and the surface color is not
affected by lighting. If the reflection model is
.PN PEXReflectionAmbient ,
only the ambient terms of the lighting equation are used. 
The shaded color will be the object's base color as seen under ambient light.
If the reflection model is
.PN PEXReflectionDiffuse ,
only the ambient and diffuse
terms of the lighting equation are used.  The shaded color will be the base
color as seen under ambient light, plus a diffuse reflection component from
each light source. If the reflection model is
.PN PEXReflectionSpecular ,
the
ambient, diffuse, and specular terms of the lighting equation are all used
during the reflectance calculation.  The shaded color will be the same
as for
.PN PEXReflectionDiffuse ,
plus a specular reflection component from each
light source.
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The default surface reflection model is
.PN PEXReflectionNone .
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.IN "surface" "interpolation"
The surface interpolation attribute
specifies the method used
to compute color values in surface interiors when rendering surface primitives.
This attribute will also be used for back-facing primitives if the surface
distinguish attribute is
.PN False .
Supported surface interpolation methods are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the surface interpolation method is
.PN PEXSurfaceInterpNone ,
the color resulting
from a single reflectance calculation is used for the entire surface.  No
interpolation will be performed across surface interiors or edges.  This
surface interpolation method is also known as "flat-shading." If the method is
.PN PEXSurfaceInterpColor ,
the colors are computed at the vertices of the surface
according to the current reflection model.  These color values are then
linearly interpolated across the interior of the surface or the edges.
If the method is
.PN PEXSurfaceInterpDotProduct ,
the lighting equation dot products are
computed at the vertices.  These dot products are linearly interpolated and
shading is applied using these values to compute the
color value at each pixel in the interior of a surface or along a surface edge.
If the method is
.PN PEXSurfaceInterpNormal ,
the reflectance calculation is performed at each pixel in the surface
interior or along a surface edge using the interpolated normal.
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The default surface interpolation method is
.PN PEXSurfaceInterpNone .
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.IN "interior style" "back-face"
.IN "back-face" "interior style"
If the distinguish attribute is
.PN True ,
the back-face interior style attribute
is used to render surfaces that are back-facing with
respect to the viewing position.
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The default back-face interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStyleHollow .
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If the distinguish attribute is
.PN True ,
the back-face interior style index attribute
is used to choose a pattern or hatch style with which 
back-facing surfaces are rendered, if the back-face interior style is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern
or
.PN PEXInteriorStyleHatch ,
respectively.
This attribute is not used with other back-face interior styles.
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The default back-face interior style index is one.
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.IN "back-face" "color"
.IN "color" "back-face"
.IN "surface" "back-face color"
If the distinguish attribute is
.PN True ,
the back-face surface color attribute
is used to render surfaces that are back-facing with respect to the viewing
position.
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The default back-facing surface color has color type
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and a
color value of one.
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.IN "surface" "back-face reflection"
.IN "back-face" "reflection"
If the distinguish attribute is
.PN True ,
the back-face surface reflection attributes
are used instead of the reflection attributes to render surfaces
that are back-facing with respect to the viewing position.
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The default back-face surface reflection attributes are: ambient
coefficient = 1.0, diffuse coefficient = 1.0,  specular coefficient = 1.0,
specular concentration = 0.0, transmission coefficient = 0.0, specular color
type =
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and color value of one.
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If the distinguish attribute is
.PN True ,
the back-face surface reflection model attribute
is used instead of the surface reflection model attribute to render surfaces
that are back-facing with respect to the viewing position.
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The default back-face reflection model is
.PN PEXReflectionNone .
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.IN "back-face" "interpolation"
.IN "surface" "back-face interpolation"
If the distinguish attribute is
.PN True ,
the back-face surface interpolation attribute
is used instead of the surface interpolation attribute to render surfaces
that are back-facing with respect to the viewing position.
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The default back-face surface interpolation method is
.PN PEXSurfaceInterpNone .
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The surface approximation attribute
only affects non-uniform rational B-spline surfaces.
Supported surface approximation methods are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the surface approximation method is
.PN PEXApproxImpDep ,
an implementation-dependent
method is used to approximate surfaces in the u and v parameter dimensions.
The tolerance values are not used for this method.
For a method of
.PN PEXApproxConstantBetweenKnots ,
the surface is tessellated with
equal parametric increments between successive pairs of knots.  When the
surface includes knots and the tolerance is negative, the surface is
evaluated at just the parametric bounds, plus all knots which are between the
parametric bounds.  If the tolerance is positive, the surface is
evaluated at the number of points between the knots, but only if these
parametric values are between the parametric bounds.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxWCChordalSize ,
the surface is tessellated until 
the maximum length chord measured in world coordinates for both u and v 
parameter directions is less than the corresponding tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxNPCChordalSize ,
the surface is tessellated until 
the maximum length chord measured in normalized projection coordinates for 
both u and v parameter directions is less than the corresponding tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxDCChordalSize ,
the surface is tessellated until 
the maximum length chord measured in device coordinates for both u and v 
parameter directions is less than the corresponding tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXSurfaceApproxWCPlanarDev ,
the surface is tessellated until
the maximum deviation, in world coordinates, between the plane and the surface
is less than the tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXSurfaceApproxNPCPlanarDev ,
the surface is tessellated until
the maximum deviation in normalized projection coordinates between the plane
and the surface is less than the tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXSurfaceApproxDCPlanarDev ,
the surface is tessellated until
the maximum deviation in device coordinates between the plane
and the surface is less than the tolerance.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxWCRelative ,
the u tolerance value must be between 0 and 1.  The v tolerance value is not
used for this method.
The u tolerance specifies an approximation value which
indicates a relative quality of rendering to be maintained independent of 
scaling in world coordinates.
Values closer to 1 specify a better relative quality.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxNPCRelative ,
the u tolerance value must be between 0 and 1.  The v tolerance value is not
used for this method.
The u tolerance specifies an approximation value which
indicates a relative quality of rendering to be maintained independent of 
scaling in normalized projection coordinates.
Values closer to 1 specify a better relative quality.
If the method is
.PN PEXApproxDCRelative ,
the u tolerance value must be between 0 and 1.  The v tolerance value is not
used for this method.
The u tolerance specifies an approximation value which
indicates a relative quality of rendering to be maintained independent of 
scaling in device coordinates. 
Values closer to 1 specify a better relative quality.
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The default surface approximation method is
.PN PEXApproxImpDep .
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If the culling mode attribute is
.PN PEXBackFaces ,
all back-facing surfaces will be culled and
only front-facing surfaces will be rendered. If the culling mode is
.PN PEXFrontFaces ,
all front-facing surfaces will be culled and only back-facing
surfaces will be rendered. If the culling mode is
.PN PEXNone ,
both
front- and back-facing fill areas will be rendered.
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The default culling mode is
.PN PEXNone .
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The facet distinguishing flag attribute
selects whether back-facing surfaces are rendered with the back-face
surface attributes or the front-face surface attributes.
If distinguish is
.PN True ,
then back-face attributes are used to render the surface.
If distinguish is
.PN False ,
then front-face attributes are used to render the surface.
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The default face distinguish flag is
.PN False .
.LP
.sp
The pattern size attribute
determines the scaling of the pattern used to render fill areas when the
interior style or back-facing interior style attribute is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern .
The value <width 0.0> will be used 
as the pattern width vector, and the value <0.0 height> will be used as the
pattern height vector.
.LP
The default pattern size is <1.0, 1.0>.
.LP
.sp
The pattern reference point attribute
determines the position, in model coordinates, of
one corner of the pattern box used to render fill areas when the interior
style or back-facing interior style attribute is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern .
.LP
The default pattern reference point is <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>.
.LP
.sp
The pattern reference vector 1 attribute
determines the direction, in model coordinates, onto
which a pattern's width will be mapped, when the interior style or the
back-facing interior style attribute is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern .
.LP
The default pattern reference vector 1 is <1.0, 0.0, 0.0>.
.LP
.sp
The pattern reference vector 2 attribute
determines the direction, in model coordinates, onto
which a pattern's height will be mapped, when the interior style or the
back-facing interior style attribute is
.PN PEXInteriorStylePattern .
.LP
The default pattern reference vector 2 is <0.0, 1.0, 0.0>.
.LP
.sp
.IN "surface" "interior bundle index"
.IN "bundle" "surface"
The interior bundle index attribute
contains the lookup table index
used to obtain bundled surface attributes from the interior bundle
table.
.LP
The default interior bundle index is one.
.LP
.sp
The parametric surface characteristics attribute
controls the surface characteristics of non-uniform B-spline surfaces.
The supported parametric surface characteristics are obtained by calling
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
.LP
The default parametric surface characteristics type is
.PN PEXPSCNone .
.NH 2
Surface Edge Attributes
.XS
\*(SN Surface Edge Attributes
.XE
.LP
.IN "surface" "edges"
.IN "edges"
If the surface edges flag is
.PN PEXOn ,
surface edges
are drawn.  If it is
.PN PEXOff ,
surface edges are not drawn.
.LP
The default surface edges flag is
.PN PEXOff .
.LP
.sp
.IN "surface" "edge type"
.IN "edge type"
The surface edge type attribute
specifies the style to use when drawing edges of surface primitives.
Supported surface edge types are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
If the edge type is
.PN PEXSurfaceEdgeSolid ,
edges are drawn as solid, unbroken
lines.
If the edge type is
.PN PEXSurfaceEdgeDashed ,
edges are drawn using dashed lines. 
If the edge type is
.PN PEXSurfaceEdgeDotted ,
edges are drawn using dotted lines. 
If the edge type is
.PN PEXSurfaceEdgeDashDot ,
edges are drawn using alternating
dots and dashes.
.LP
The default surface edge type is
.PN PEXSurfaceEdgeSolid .
.LP
.sp
.IN "surface" "edge width"
.IN "edge width"
The surface edge width attribute
is the scale factor applied to the nominal width of the surface edges
when they are rendered.  Edge width is applied in 2D device
coordinates after the edge has been transformed from 3D
space to 2D device space.  It is multiplied by the nominal edge width (see
.PN PEXGetImpDepConstants )
to determine the actual width of
the surface edge to be drawn.
.LP
The default surface edge width scale factor is 1.0.
.LP
.sp
The surface edge color attribute
contains the color value used 
when drawing edges of surface primitives.
.LP
The default surface edge color has color type
.PN PEXColorTypeIndexed
and a color value of one.
.LP
.sp
.IN "surface" "edge bundle index"
.IN "edge bundle index"
The edge bundle index attribute
contains the lookup table index
used to obtain bundled surface edge attributes from the edge bundle
table.
.LP
The default edge bundle index is one.
.NH 2
Geometry Transformation Attributes
.XS
\*(SN Geometry Transformation Attributes
.XE
.LP
.IN "transformations"
.IN "local transformation matrix"
.IN "transformation" "local"
The local transformation matrix attribute
contains the local modeling transformation matrix used
when drawing output primitives.
.LP
The default local transformation matrix is the identity matrix.
.LP
.sp
.IN "transformation" "global"
.IN "global transformation matrix"
The global transformation matrix attribute
contains the global modeling transformation matrix used
when drawing output primitives.  The current local modeling matrix and
the current global modeling matrix are concatenated to form the composite
modeling transformation matrix.  The composite modeling transformation matrix
is used to transform geometry in modeling coordinates into world coordinates.
.LP
The default global transformation matrix is the identity matrix.
.LP
.sp
.IN "modeling clipping"
.IN "clipping" "modeling"
The modeling clipping flag attribute
determines whether output primitives are
clipped against the modeling clipping volume.
.LP
The default model clipping flag is
.PN PEXNoClip .
.LP
.sp
.IN "modeling clipping" "clip volume"
.IN "clipping" "volume"
The model clip volume attribute
specifies the volume to which
output primitives will be clipped, if the modeling clipping flag is
.PN True .
.LP
The default model clipping volume is
an empty list (i.e. no half-spaces specified).
.LP
.sp
.IN "view index"
The view index attribute
contains the lookup table index used to obtain viewing attributes
from the view table.  The view table contains the attribute that defines the
view mapping transformation to be used (mapping), the attribute that defines
the view orientation (projection) transformation to be used, and the attribute
containing the min/max values of the clipping volume (clip limits).  The view
table also contains a mask (clip flags) indicating whether clipping should
be performed at the front, back, and sides of the clipping volume.
.LP
The default view index is zero.
.NH 2
Color Transformation Attributes
.XS
\*(SN Color Transformation Attributes
.XE
.LP
.IN "light source"
The light source state attribute specifies which lights are enabled.
The supported types of lights are obtained by calling
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
The maximum number of simultaneously active non-ambient lights are
queried by calling
.PN PEXGetImpDepConstants .
The size of the light table is obtained by calling
.PN PEXGetTableInfo .
.LP
The default light state is an empty list (all lights are disabled).
.LP
.sp
.IN "depth-cue"
The depth-cue index attribute determines the depth-cue lookup table entry
used to determine depth-cueing parameters.
.LP
The default depth-cue index is zero.
.LP
.sp
.IN "color approximation"
The color approximation index attribute
determines the color approximation lookup table entry used
for mapping rendering color to device color.
.LP
The default color approximation index is zero.
.LP
.sp
The rendering color model attribute
controls which color
model is used for lighting, shading and depth-cueing computations.
Supported rendering color models are inquirable via
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo .
.LP
The default rendering color model is
.PN PEXRenderingColorModelImpDep .
.NH 2
Aspect Source Flags
.XS
\*(SN Aspect Source Flags
.XE
.LP
.IN "aspect source flag"
.IN "ASF"
The bits in the aspect source flag (ASF) values bitmask contain an ASF value
for each attribute obtained from a lookup (bundle) table.  If the value is
.PN PEXIndividual
during rendering, the value for the corresponding attribute
is obtained directly from the current rendering pipeline state.  If the value
for the ASF is
.PN PEXBundled ,
the value for the attribute is obtained from the
appropriate bundle lookup table. The default value for all ASF
values is
.PN PEXIndividual .
.LP
A bitmask of ASF enables is also used when setting the ASF values.  For each
bit in the enables bitmask which is set to one, the corresponding value is
taken from the ASF values bitmask and set in the pipeline context.
The individual bits in both the ASF values and ASF enables bitmasks are
referenced using the following constants:
.ID
.PN PEXASFMarkerType
.PN PEXASFMarkerScale
.PN PEXASFMarkerColor
.PN PEXASFTextFontIndex
.PN PEXASFTextPrec
.PN PEXASFCharExpansion
.PN PEXASFCharSpacing
.PN PEXASFTextColor
.PN PEXASFLineType
.PN PEXASFLineWidth
.PN PEXASFLineColor
.PN PEXASFCurveApprox
.PN PEXASFPolylineInterp
.PN PEXASFInteriorStyle
.PN PEXASFInteriorStyleIndex
.PN PEXASFSurfaceColor
.PN PEXASFSurfaceInterp
.PN PEXASFReflectionModel
.PN PEXASFReflectionAttr
.PN PEXASFBFInteriorStyle
.PN PEXASFBFInteriorStyleIndex
.PN PEXASFBFSurfaceColor
.PN PEXASFBFSurfaceInterp
.PN PEXASFBFReflectionModel
.PN PEXASFBFReflectionAttr
.PN PEXASFSurfaceApprox
.PN PEXASFSurfaceEdges
.PN PEXASFSurfaceEdgeType
.PN PEXASFSurfaceEdgeWidth
.PN PEXASFSurfaceEdgeColor
.DE
.NH 2
Miscellaneous Attributes
.XS
\*(SN Miscellaneous Attributes
.XE
.LP
.IN "pick" "identifier"
The pick identifier attribute
contains the pick id used with picking
operations.  The pick identification is set to values which make it
convenient for applications to identify the picked primitive(s).
.LP
The default pick identification is zero.
.LP        
.sp
The HLHSR (hidden-line, hidden-surface removal) identifier attribute
has no meaning for any standard HLHSR mode except
.PN PEXHLHSRZBufferID ,
where it enables or disables HLHSR.
When the renderer's HLHSR mode is set to 
.PN PEXHLHSRZBufferID ,
a value of
.PN PEXHLHSRIDDisable
for the HLHSR identifier will disable z-buffering and a value of
.PN PEXHLHSRIDEnable
will enable z-buffering.  For non-standard HLHSR modes (returned by
.PN PEXGetEnumTypeInfo ),
the meaning of HLHSR identifier is implementation-dependent.
.LP
The default HLHSR identifier is zero.  If an application wanted to have the
renderer automatically z-buffer when the HLHSR mode was set to
.PN PEXHLHSRZBufferID ,
the application could change the pipeline context HLHSR identifier attribute
to
.PN PEXHLHSRIDEnable .
This would then alleviate the need for an
.PN PEXSetHLHSRID
attribute call after every
.PN PEXBeginRendering
when using immediate mode rendering.
.LP
.sp
.IN "name set"
The name set attribute contains a reference to a name set resource.
The contents of the specified name set are used to initialize a
rendering pipeline's name set attribute.
The contents of the rendering pipeline's name set is then
modified using the
.PN PEXAddToNameSet
and
.PN PEXRemoveFromNameSet
output
commands.
.LP
The default name set is the empty set.
.NH 2
Common Data Structures
.XS
\*(SN Common Data Structures
.XE
.LP
Below are the data structures used that are common to more than one function
described in this section.
.ID
.Co
/* pipeline context attributes */
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    marker_type;		/* PEXMarkerDot, PEXMarkerCross, */
								/* PEXMarkerAsterisk, PEXMarkerCircle, PEXMarkerX */
    float               marker_scale;
    PEXColorSpecifier   marker_color;
    PEXTableIndex       marker_bundle_index;
    PEXTableIndex       text_font;
    unsigned short      text_precision;		/* PEXStringPrecision, PEXCharPrecision, PEXStrokePrecision */
    float               char_expansion;
    float               char_spacing;
    PEXColorSpecifier   text_color;
    float               char_height;
    PEXVector2D         char_up_vector;
    unsigned short      text_path; 		/* PEXPathRight, PEXPathLeft, PEXPathUp, PEXPathDown */
    PEXTextAlignment    text_alignment;
    float               atext_height;
    PEXVector2D         atext_up_vector;
    unsigned short      atext_path; 		/* PEXPathRight, PEXPathLeft, PEXPathUp, PEXPathDown */
    PEXTextAlignment    atext_alignment;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    atext_style;		/* PEXATextNotConnected, PEXATextConnected */
    PEXTableIndex       text_bundle_index;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    line_type;			/* PEXLineTypeSolid, PEXLineTypeDashed, */
								/* PEXLineTypeDotted, PEXLineTypeDashDot */
    float               line_width;
    PEXColorSpecifier   line_color;
    PEXCurveApprox      curve_approx;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    polyline_interp;		/* PEXPolylineInterpNone, PEXPolylineInterpColor */
    PEXTableIndex       line_bundle_index;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    interior_style;		/* PEXInteriorStyleHollow, PEXInteriorStyleSolid, */
								/* PEXInteriorStylePattern, PEXInteriorStyleHatch, */
								/* PEXInteriorStyleEmpty */
    PEXTypeOrTableIndex interior_style_index;
    PEXColorSpecifier   surface_color;
    PEXReflectionAttributes   reflection_attr;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    reflection_model;	/* PEXReflectionNone, PEXReflectionAmbient, */
								/* PEXReflectionDiffuse, PEXReflectionSpecular */
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    surface_interp;		/* PEXSurfaceInterpNone, PEXSurfaceInterpColor, */
								/* PEXSurfaceInterpDotProduct, PEXSurfaceInterpNormal */
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    bf_interior_style;	/* PEXInteriorStyleHollow, PEXInteriorStyleSolid, */
								/* PEXInteriorStylePattern, PEXInteriorStyleHatch, */
								/* PEXInteriorStyleEmpty */
    PEXTypeOrTableIndex bf_interior_style_index;
    PEXColorSpecifier   bf_surface_color;
    PEXReflectionAttributes   bf_reflection_attr;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    bf_reflection_model;	/* PEXReflectionNone, PEXReflectionAmbient, */
								/* PEXReflectionDiffuse, PEXReflectionSpecular */
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    bf_surface_interp;	/* PEXSurfaceInterpNone, PEXSurfaceInterpColor, */
								/* PEXSurfaceInterpDotProduct, PEXSurfaceInterpNormal */
    PEXSurfaceApprox    surface_approx;
    unsigned short      culling_mode;		/* PEXNone, PEXBackFaces, PEXFrontFaces */
    Bool                distinguish;		/* True or False */
    PEXCoord2D          pattern_size;
    PEXCoord            pattern_ref_point;
    PEXVector           pattern_ref_vec1;
    PEXVector           pattern_ref_vec2;
    PEXTableIndex       interior_bundle_index;
    PEXSwitch           surface_edges;		/* True or False */
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    surface_edge_type;	/* PEXSurfaceEdgeSolid, PEXSurfaceEdgeDashed, */
								/* PEXSurfaceEdgeDotted, PEXSurfaceEdgeDashDot */
    float               surface_edge_width;
    PEXColorSpecifier   surface_edge_color;
    PEXTableIndex       edge_bundle_index;
    PEXMatrix           local_transform;
    PEXMatrix           global_transform;
    unsigned short      model_clip;		/* PEXClip, PEXNoClip */
    PEXModelClipVolume  model_clip_volume;
    PEXTableIndex       view_index;
    PEXListOfLight      light_state;
    PEXTableIndex       depth_cue_index;
    PEXBitmask          asf_enables;
    PEXBitmask          asf_values;
    long                pick_id;
    unsigned long       hlhsr_id;			/* PEXHLHSRIDDisable, PEXHLHSRIDEnable */
    PEXNameSet          name_set;
    PEXTableIndex       color_approx_index;
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    rendering_color_model;	/* PEXRenderingColorModelImpDep, */
						/* PEXRenderingColorModelRGB, PEXRenderingColorModelCIE, */
						/* PEXRenderingColorModelHSV, PEXRenderingColorModelHLS */
    PEXPSCSpecifier     para_surf_char;
} PEXPCAttributes;
.sp
typedef short           PEXEnumTypeIndex;
typedef unsigned short  PEXTableIndex;
typedef unsigned short  PEXTypeOrTableIndex;
typedef unsigned char   PEXSwitch;
typedef float           PEXMatrix[4][4];
typedef unsigned long   PEXBitmask;
typedef XID             PEXNameSet;
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXColorType        type;			/* PEXColorTypeIndexed, PEXColorTypeRGB, */
								/* PEXColorTypeCIE, PEXColorTypeHSV, */
								/* PEXColorTypeHLS, PEXColorTypeRGB8, */
								/* PEXColorTypeRGB16 */
    unsigned short      reserved;
    PEXColor            value;
} PEXColorSpecifier;
.sp
typedef short           PEXColorType;
.sp
typedef union {
    PEXColorIndexed     indexed;
    PEXColorRGB         rgb;
    PEXColorHSV         hsv;
    PEXColorHLS         hls;
    PEXColorCIE         cie;
    PEXColorRGB8        rgb8;
    PEXColorRGB16       rgb16;
} PEXColor;
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXTableIndex       index;
    unsigned short      reserved;
} PEXColorIndexed;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               red;
    float               green;
    float               blue;
} PEXColorRGB;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               hue;
    float               saturation;
    float               value;
} PEXColorHSV;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               hue;
    float               lightness;
    float               saturation;
} PEXColorHLS;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               x;
    float               y;
    float               z;
} PEXColorCIE;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned char       red;
    unsigned char       green;
    unsigned char       blue;
    unsigned char       reserved;
} PEXColorRGB8;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned short      red;
    unsigned short      green;
    unsigned short      blue;
    unsigned short      reserved;
} PEXColorRGB16;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               x;
    float               y;
    float               z;
} PEXVector;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               x;
    float               y;
} PEXVector2D;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               x;
    float               y;
    float               z;
} PEXCoord;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               x;
    float               y;
} PEXCoord2D;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned short      vertical;		/* PEXVAlignNormal, PEXVAlignTop, PEXVAlignCap, */
							/* PEXVAlignHalf, PEXVAlignBase, PEXVAlignBottom */
    unsigned short      horizontal;	/* PEXHAlignNormal, PEXHAlignLeft, */
							/* PEXHAlignCenter, PEXHAlignRight */
} PEXTextAlignment;
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    method;			/* See PEXGetEnumTypeInfo */
    unsigned short      reserved;
    float               tolerance;
} PEXCurveApprox;
.sp
typedef struct {
    float               ambient;
    float               diffuse;
    float               specular;
    float               specular_conc;
    float               transmission;
    PEXColorSpecifier   specular_color;
} PEXReflectionAttributes;
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXEnumTypeIndex    method;			/* See PEXGetEnumTypeInfo */
    unsigned short      reserved;
    float               u_tolerance;
    float               v_tolerance;
} PEXSurfaceApprox;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned short      count;                  /* number of half spaces */
    PEXHalfSpace        *half_spaces;
} PEXModelClipVolume;
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXCoord            point;
    PEXVector           vector;
} PEXHalfSpace;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned short      count;                  /* number of lights */
    PEXTableIndex       *indices;
} PEXListOfLight;
.sp
typedef struct {
    short               type;			/* PEXPSCNone, PEXPSCImpDep, PEXPSCIsoCurves, */
								/* PEXPSCMCLevelCurves, PEXPSCWCLevelCurves */
    PEXPSCData          psc;
} PEXPSCSpecifier;
.sp
typedef union {
    PEXPSCIsoparametricCurves iso_curves;
    PEXPSCLevelCurves       level_curves;
    PEXPSCImpDepData        imp_dep;
} PEXPSCData;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned short      placement_type;
    unsigned short      reserved;
    unsigned short      u_count;
    unsigned short      v_count;
} PEXPSCIsoparametricCurves;
.sp
typedef struct {
    PEXCoord            origin;
    PEXVector           direction;
    unsigned short      count;                  /* number of parameters */
    unsigned short      reserved;
    float               *parameters;
} PEXPSCLevelCurves;
.sp
typedef struct {
    unsigned short      length;
    char                *data;
} PEXPSCImpDepData;
.ft P
.DE
.bp
.XS
Function Descriptions
.XE
.SH
PEXChangePipelineContext - Change Pipeline Context
.XS
	PEXChangePipelineContext
.XE
.IN "PEXChangePipelineContext" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
void PEXChangePipelineContext\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, PEXPipelineContext \fIcontext\fP\^, unsigned long *\fIvalue_mask\fP\^, PEXPCAttributes *\fIvalues\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i
A pointer to a display structure returned by a successful \fBXOpenDisplay\fP call.
.IP \fIcontext\fP 1i
The resource identifier of the pipeline context.
.IP \fIvalue_mask\fP 1i
A pointer to an array of three unsigned long.
.IP \fIvalues\fP 1i
A pointer to new values for attributes in the pipeline context.
.RE
.SH
Returns
.RS
.LP
None
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This function changes components of the specified pipeline context
to the values specified.  The value mask indicates which attribute values are
specified.
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMask
and
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll
can be called to setup the value mask.
.RE
.SH
Data Structures
.ID
.Co
typedef XID             PEXPipelineContext;
.sp
See also the \fICommon Data Structures\f section.
.ft P
.DE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP \fIBadPEXColorType\fP 1i
The specified color type is invalid or unsupported.
.IP \fIBadPEXNameSet\fP 1i
The specified name set resource identifier is invalid.
.IP \fIBadPEXPipelineContext\fP 1i
The specified pipeline context resource identifier is invalid.
.IP \fIBadValue\fP 1i
A specified value is out of range, or an invalid bit is set in the value mask.
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXCreatePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXGetPipelineContext ,
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMask
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXCopyPipelineContext - Copy Pipeline Context
.XS
	PEXCopyPipelineContext
.XE
.IN "PEXCopyPipelineContext" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
void PEXCopyPipelineContext\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, unsigned long *\fIvalue_mask\fP\^, PEXPipelineContext \fIsrc_context\fP\^, PEXPipelineContext \fIdst_context\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i
A pointer to a display structure returned by a successful \fBXOpenDisplay\fP call.
.IP \fIvalue_mask\fP 1i
A pointer to an array of three unsigned long.
.IP \fIsrc_context\fP 1i
The resource identifier of the source pipeline.
.IP \fIdst_context\fP 1i
The resource identifier of the destination pipeline context.
.RE
.SH
Returns
.RS
.LP
None
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This function copies attributes from the source pipeline context
to the destination pipeline context.  Both must
already exist as valid pipeline context resources.  Only the attributes
indicated by the value mask are copied and
the remainder of the attributes are left as they were.
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMask
and
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll
can be called to setup the value mask.
.RE
.SH
Data Structures
.ID
.Co
typedef XID             PEXPipelineContext;
.sp
.ft P
.DE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP \fIBadPEXPipelineContext\fP 1i
A specified pipeline context resource identifier is invalid.
.IP \fIBadValue\fP 1i
An invalid bit is set in the value mask.
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXCreatePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMask
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXCreatePipelineContext - Create Pipeline Context
.XS
	PEXCreatePipelineContext
.XE
.IN "PEXCreatePipelineContext" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
PEXPipelineContext PEXCreatePipelineContext\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, unsigned long *\fIvalue_mask\fP\^, PEXPCAttributes *\fIvalues\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i
A pointer to a display structure returned by a successful \fBXOpenDisplay\fP call.
.IP \fIvalue_mask\fP 1i
A pointer to an array of three unsigned long.
.IP \fIvalues\fP 1i
A pointer to values to override default attribute values in the new pipeline context.
.RE
.SH
Returns
.RS
.LP
The resource identifier of the newly-created pipeline context.
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This function creates a pipeline context and returns its resource identifier.
The value mask indicates the values specified.
Attribute values not specified will be initialized to the default values.
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMask
and
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll
can be called to setup the value mask.
.RE
.SH
Data Structures
.ID
.Co
typedef XID             PEXPipelineContext;
.sp
See also the \fICommon Data Structures\f section.
.ft P
.DE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP \fIBadAlloc\fP 1i
The server failed to allocate the resource.
.IP \fIBadPEXColorType\fP 1i
The specified color type is invalid or unsupported.
.IP \fIBadPEXNameSet\fP 1i
A specified name set resource identifier is invalid.
.IP \fIBadValue\fP 1i
A specified value is out of range, or an invalid bit is set in the value mask.
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXFreePipelineContext
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXFreePCAttributes - Free Storage Returned by PEXGetPipelineContext
.XS
	PEXFreePCAttributes
.XE
.IN "PEXFreePCAttributes" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
void PEXFreePCAttributes\^(\^PEXPCAttributes *\fIvalues\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fIvalues\fP 1i
A pointer to the pipeline context attribute values.
.RE
.SH
Returns
.RS
.LP
None
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
.LP
This function deallocates memory returned by
.PN PEXGetPipelineContext .
.RE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP None 1i
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXGetPipelineContext
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXFreePipelineContext - Free Pipeline Context
.XS
	PEXFreePipelineContext
.XE
.IN "PEXFreePipelineContext" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
void PEXFreePipelineContext\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, PEXPipelineContext \fIcontext\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i
A pointer to a display structure returned by a successful \fBXOpenDisplay\fP call.
.IP \fIcontext\fP 1i
The resource identifier of the pipeline context.
.RE
.SH
Returns
.RS
.LP
None
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This function deletes the association between the pipeline context
resource identifier and the pipeline context.  The pipeline context
is freed when no other resource references it.
.RE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP \fIBadPEXPipelineContext\fP 1i
The specified pipeline context resource identifier is invalid.
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXCreatePipelineContext
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXGetPipelineContext - Get Pipeline Context Attributes
.XS
	PEXGetPipelineContext
.XE
.IN "PEXGetPipelineContext" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
PEXPCAttributes *PEXGetPipelineContext\^(\^Display *\fIdisplay\fP\^, PEXPipelineContext \fIcontext\fP\^, unsigned long *\fIvalue_mask\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i
A pointer to a display structure returned by a successful \fBXOpenDisplay\fP call.
.IP \fIcontext\fP 1i
The resource identifier of the pipeline context.
.IP \fIvalue_mask\fP 1i
A pointer to an array of three unsigned long.
.RE
.SH
Returns
.RS
.LP
A pointer to pipeline context values; a null pointer if unsuccessful.
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This function returns the requested attribute values of the pipeline context.
The value mask indicates which attribute values are requested.
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMask
and
.PN PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll
can be called to setup the value mask.
PEXlib allocates the memory for the return value.
.PN PEXFreePCAttributes
should be called to deallocate the memory.
.RE
.SH
Data Structures
.ID
.Co
typedef XID             PEXPipelineContext;
.sp
See also the \fICommon Data Structures\f section.
.ft P
.DE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP \fIBadPEXPipelineContext\fP 1i
The specified pipeline context resource identifier is invalid.
.IP \fIBadValue\fP 1i
An invalid bit is set in the value mask.
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXCreatePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXChangePipelineContext
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXSetPCAttributeMask - Macro to Setup Pipeline Context Attributes Value Mask
.XS
	PEXSetPCAttributeMask
.XE
.IN "PEXSetPCAttributeMask" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
PEXSetPCAttributeMask(\^\fImask\fP\^, \fIattr\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fImask\fP 1i
The address of the value mask - an array of three unsigned long.
.IP \fIattr\fP 1i
A single pipeline context attribute bitmask constant.
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This is a utility macro
to aid in setting up the bitmask for the pipeline
context attributes.
.LP
The following attribute bitmask constants must be used:
.ID
.PN PEXPCMarkerType
.PN PEXPCMarkerScale
.PN PEXPCMarkerColor
.PN PEXPCMarkerBundleIndex
.PN PEXPCTextFont
.PN PEXPCTextPrecision
.PN PEXPCCharExpansion
.PN PEXPCCharSpacing
.PN PEXPCTextColor
.PN PEXPCCharHeight
.PN PEXPCCharUpVector
.PN PEXPCTextPath
.PN PEXPCTextAlignment
.PN PEXPCATextHeight
.PN PEXPCATextUpVector
.PN PEXPCATextPath
.PN PEXPCATextAlignment
.PN PEXPCATextStyle
.PN PEXPCTextBundleIndex
.PN PEXPCLineType
.PN PEXPCLineWidth
.PN PEXPCLineColor
.PN PEXPCCurveApprox
.PN PEXPCPolylineInterp
.PN PEXPCLineBundleIndex
.PN PEXPCInteriorStyle
.PN PEXPCInteriorStyleIndex
.PN PEXPCSurfaceColor
.PN PEXPCReflectionAttr
.PN PEXPCReflectionModel
.PN PEXPCSurfaceInterp
.PN PEXPCBFInteriorStyle
.PN PEXPCBFInteriorStyleIndex
.PN PEXPCBFSurfaceColor
.PN PEXPCBFReflectionAttr
.PN PEXPCBFReflectionModel
.PN PEXPCBFSurfaceInterp
.PN PEXPCSurfaceApprox
.PN PEXPCCullingMode
.PN PEXPCDistinguishFlag
.PN PEXPCPatternSize
.PN PEXPCPatternRefPoint
.PN PEXPCPatternRefVec1
.PN PEXPCPatternRefVec2
.PN PEXPCInteriorBundleIndex
.PN PEXPCSurfaceEdgeFlag
.PN PEXPCSurfaceEdgeType
.PN PEXPCSurfaceEdgeWidth
.PN PEXPCSurfaceEdgeColor
.PN PEXPCEdgeBundleIndex
.PN PEXPCLocalTransform
.PN PEXPCGlobalTransform
.PN PEXPCModelClip
.PN PEXPCModelClipVolume
.PN PEXPCViewIndex
.PN PEXPCLightState
.PN PEXPCDepthCueIndex
.PN PEXPCASFValues
.PN PEXPCPickID
.PN PEXPCHLHSRIdentifier
.PN PEXPCNameSet
.PN PEXPCColorApproxIndex
.PN PEXPCRenderingColorModel
.PN PEXPCParaSurfCharacteristics
.DE
Note that this macro does multiple evaluations of the value for attr.
.RE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP None 1i
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXCreatePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXChangePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXCopyPipelineContext ,
.PN PEXGetPipelineContext
.RE
.bp
.SH
PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll - Macro to Set All Pipeline Context Attributes in Value Mask
.XS
	PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll
.XE
.IN "PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll" "" "@DEF@"
.SH
Synopsis
.RS
.FD 0
PEXSetPCAttributeMaskAll(\^\fImask\fP\^)
.FN
.RE
.SH
Arguments
.RS
.IP \fImask\fP 1i
The address of the value mask - an array of three unsigned long.
.RE
.SH
Description
.RS
.LP
This is a utility macro
to aid in setting up the bitmask for the pipeline
context attributes.  This macro will set all valid bits in the mask.
.RE
.SH
Errors
.RS
.IP None 1i
.RE
.SH
See Also
.RS
.LP
.PN PEXCreatePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXChangePipelineContext ,
.PN PEXCopyPipelineContext ,
.PN PEXGetPipelineContext
.RE
.bp