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From: andrewn@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andrew D Nimmo)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.graphics,comp.sys.apollo,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Database Generation Tools Wanted
Message-ID: <1779@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 16 Nov 89 16:31:07 GMT
Reply-To: andrewn@syma.UUCP (Andrew D Nimmo)
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	Our research group is currently looking for database
creation tools, primarily for input into graphics applications.
A structured text-based and/or graphics based system is considered
suitable - welcome features would include PHIGS+ interfacing, 
C-like syntax, variable output format.

	The graphics applications are intended to cope with an
extensive range of scene descriptions - polygons, splines, 
parameterised forms, patches, etc,. which the database tool 
would not need to know about.

	I would imagine that this type of tool has been done
previously and would welcome any feedback.  I would also like
to hear of the suitability of using such tools as INGRES, AutoCAD,
dBase, etc., with PHIGS+ as a intermediate processing step (for
example) etc.  Any public domain program (C for UNIX) would be
considered by the group, and also commercial software (for Apollo 
DN3XXX/DN4XXX and DN10000 machines).

	Can anyone tell me where to obtain details of the PHIGS+
standard (perhaps in machine-readable form) or an address from 
where it may be purchased.

	Thanks,

	Andrew D. Nimmo

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