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From: suzuki@sai.vtt.fi (Makoto Suzuki)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: Re: Info. about PEX & 3D visualization needed.(SUMMARY)
Message-ID: <1575@vtsai2.sai.vtt.fi>
Date: 4 Mar 91 14:18:24 GMT
Reply-To: suzuki@vtsai2.sai.vtt.fi
Organization: Technical Research Centre of Finland
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Since I got e-mails which asked summary, here it is. It is not long.

1)PEX ability
Phigs+ includes:
    2D/3D polygons
    Planar polygons with holes
    Triangular strip
    Quadrilateral mesh
	and their attributes(colors, normals)
So, PEX, Phigs+ Extention to X window, can do surface rendering of Triangle
polygons.(This is what I needed. Just only 'Yes')

2)PEX current status
The newest version of PEX protocol is 5.0p, but it will be 6.0 soon.

PEX-SI(Sample Implementation by SUN) will be included in X11R5.
It uses PEX 5.0p.

Other PEX implementations were done by DEC, Evans&Sutherland, Stardent and
Univ. of Illinois, etc.
Only PEX by Univ. of Illinois is available by anonymous FTP. Others are
commarcial products.

NOTE:These information are collected from comp.graphics.visualization
and comp.windows.x.

Since I am not farmiliar with X windows YET, this summary is not enough,
maybe. Any corrections are greatly welcomed.
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	Makoto Suzuki  $BNkLZ(J $B??(J (suzuki@vtsai2.sai.vtt.fi) 
	Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus, Sairaalatekniikan Laboratorio 
	Technical Research Centre of Finland, Medical Engineering Laboratory