Glossary

Dynamic Coordinate System (DCS)

Indicates that show code will expect to be able to read the transform set on this node at run time, and may need to modify the transformation of this node further.

Morphs

linear interpolations of attribute values at run time, according to values read from an animation table.

NURBS Curve

general parametric curve often used to represent a motion path, e.g. for a camera or an object.

Patch

similar to a polygon, but it is a special primitive that can only be rendered with the use of a tessellation shader

PointLight

Set of single points

Polygon

Consists of a sequence of vertices from a single vertex pool

Triangle Strip (T-Strip)

A series of connected triangles

Scalar

Optional values that specify some attribute value relevant to the current context

“Straddle” Polygon

A type of polygon where the polygon type at the point center covers at least 90% of the point area, and the point center does not fall in an inclusion. May also be in reference to a “Dominant Polygon”.