Title :
Jim Blinn´s corner-a trip down the graphics pipeline: line clipping
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The standard computer graphics transform-clip-draw pipeline is described, and an overview of the clipping function is given. A simple algorithm for performing line clipping is presented. Homogeneous clipping, Z clipping, and global clipping using the algorithm are discussed
Keywords :
computer graphics; Z clipping; clipping function; computer graphics; global clipping; homogeneous clipping; line clipping; transform-clip-draw pipeline; Application software; Arithmetic; Assembly; Computer graphics; Displays; Education; Hardware; Pipelines; Standards publication;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
