Index

Symbols

* special symbol 7-3

** special symbol 7-3

*** special symbol 7-3

*FF-TYPES* variable 4-12

*standard-color-defaults* 5-4

+ (addition function) 2-4

.clinit.cl file 3-13

.so files 4-2

? special symbol 7-5

?? special symbol 7-5

??? special symbol 7-5

Numerics

3d:? variable 1-2

A

abort fields 5-21

accessor methods 2-12

AL 5-29

Allegro Common Lisp

debugger

break levels

moving through 3-11

cont command 3-11

debugger prompt 3-11

error command 3-11

pop command 3-11

reset command 3-11

zoom command 3-11

debugging

and multiprocessing 3-12

focus process command 3-12

focussed process 3-12

kill process command 3-12

listener process 3-12

process command 3-12

process management commands 3-12

allocation option 2-10

ALTER-3D-MATRIX function 8-18

keyword arguments 8-19

anti-generic functions 2-9, 12-1

APPEND function 2-7

apropos 3-6

AREF function 2-9

arguments 1-6

arrays 2-9

ASCII object format A-1

objects

saving A-10

optional object information A-6

attribute domains 9-2

defining 9-4

hierarchy 9-2

inheritance 9-2

returning 9-13

attribute sets

base

assiging to object 9-17

retrieving 9-13

returning current 9-14

attributed elements 8-5

attributes

defined 9-2

defining 9-4, 9-5

local

changing value of 9-16

returning values 9-16

materials 9-2

object

deriving values of 9-17

Attributes Editor

making editor window 9-9

ATTR-SOURCE-VARIABLE function 9-10

ATTR-VARIABLE function 9-10

B

basic domain 9-2

BODIABLE-GEOCLASSES function 10-15

bodies

binding to variables 7-3

defined 6-1

finding from a BDI 7-18

instancing 6-2

make functions 7-2

modifying 6-4

modifying, defined 7-1

referencing symbolically 7-6

selecting 7-5

selecting interactively 7-5

traversing 7-9

body identifiers A-3

list A-5

string A-5

symbolic A-3

body-display-items 6-2

finding 7-18

finding objects of 7-19

bones

returning rotation order 8-21

buttons 5-20

C

C

setting value of C objects from Lisp 4-6

C types

finding 4-10

car 2-5

Cartesian coordinates 6-4

cdr 2-5

choose-object menu 7-7

CHOOSE-OBJECTS function 7-7

choose-objects menu 7-8

classes 2-10

allocation option 2-10

defining 2-11

generic functions 2-11

inheritance 2-10

instances 2-10

instancing 2-12

precedence list 2-11, 2-12

slots 2-10

initform 2-10

reader 2-10

writer 2-10

subclasses 2-10

superclasses

defined 2-10

code

compiling 3-9

compiling a buffer 3-9

compiling forms 3-9

compiling on-the-fly 3-9

compiling to a file 3-10

creating 3-4

entering in a buffer 3-4

entering in Lisp listener 3-4

getting source code 3-7

where to save source code 3-6

collect-bodies function 7-18

color objects

creating 5-27

color-objects 5-28

colors 5-28

compiling

buffers 3-9

forms 3-9

on-the-fly 3-9

recompiling foreign-function definitions 4-14

to files 3-10

compiling buffers 3-9

compiling code 3-9

compund objects 6-2

cons 2-5

CONS function 2-7

consing 2-7

CONTAINER function 5-30

container-fields 5-3

CURRENT-DOMAIN function 9-13

cw-edge-neighbors LIP 11-5

cw-face-neighborsLIP 11-5

cw-vertex-neighbors LIP 11-5

D

DECOMPOSE-3D-MATRIX-TO-ROTATIONS function 8-21

DECOMPOSE-MATRIX function 8-22

DEF-EDCATEGORY macro 10-16

DEF-EDMENU-ITEM macro 10-17

DEFEDMETHOD macro 10-18

DEFGEOCLASS function 10-14

DEFINE-ATTRIBUTE-DOMAIN function 9-4

DEFINE-C-TYPE function 4-4

DEFINED-ATTRIBUTE-SETS-LIST function 9-14

DEFINE-DYNAMICS-OPERATION-CLASS macro 10-6

DEFINE-FF-TYPE function 4-12

DEFINE-FOREIGN-FUNCTION function 4-1

DEFINE-GLOBAL-DEFAULT-FOR-TYPE function 10-10

DEFINE-NAMED-ATTRIBUTE function 9-5

DEFMETHOD macro 2-13

DEFUN 2-5

DERIVED-ATTRIBUTE-VALUE function 9-15

describe function 1-3

directories

for patches 3-13

for plug-ins 3-13

for source code 3-6

getting from the user 5-17

do it fields 5-21

do-face-edges-backward LIP 11-5

domains 9-2

changing current 9-13

returning current 9-13

do-vertex-edges LIP 11-5

do-vertex-faces LIP 11-5

do-vertex-vertices LIP 11-5

DYNA

FIND-DYNAMIC-OPERATION-CLASS function 10-6

dyna parameters

defaults 10-10

field types 10-8

dynamic operations

creating channels which use curves 10-12

dynamics

dynamics class 10-6

finding operations classes 10-6

operations menu

extending 10-6

dynamics slider 10-10

E

ed-categories 10-16

built-in 10-16

edge-neighbors LIP 11-5

EDITABLE-GEOCLASSES function 10-15

editor menu items 10-17

editor methods 10-13

edmenu items

utilities 10-17

edmenu-items 10-17

edmethod

sample 10-19

edmethods 10-13

defining 10-18

understanding bdis&elements 10-18

elements

attributed elements 8-5

looping through

determining order 8-1

empty list 2-6

ENSURING-FACE-DISPLAY-CACHE-FOR-MAPPING macro 8-5

ensuring-face-display-cache-for-mapping macro 8-5

evaluation 2-1

exporting geometry

sample function 8-3

expose tests 5-34

extending N-geometry 10-13

F

face-neighborsLIP 11-5

faces

traversing 7-10

traversing elements of 7-11

fields

abort fields 5-21

adding to windows 5-8

color fields 5-26

custom color menu 5-27

instantiation parameters 5-27

command fields 5-20

do it fields 5-21

container fields

properties 5-13

container-fields 5-12

creating 5-12

equalize-label-sizes-p parameter 5-13

defining 5-12

directory fields 5-17

file filter dialog 5-18

instantiation parameters 5-18

events

mouse button/key combinations 5-34

expose test 5-34

expose-tests 5-11

field utilities 5-35

menu-confirm 5-38

menu-notify 5-38

field values 5-32

changing 5-32

returining 5-32

fields and data 5-9

field-types 5-10

file-name fields 5-19

choose file pop-up 5-19

instantiation parameters 5-19

how fields work 5-9

instantiation parameters

background-gc 5-11

decorations 5-11

documentation-string 5-11

draw-method 5-11

expose-test 5-11

foreground-gc 5-11

height 5-11

id 5-11

outer-label 5-11

property-list 5-11

reformat-on-select 5-11

select-method 5-11

value-object 5-11

width 5-11

label fields

creating 5-13

instantiation parameters 5-13

multiple choice fields 5-23

instantiation parameters 5-24

toggle fields 5-23

number fields 5-14

creating 5-14

instantiation parameters 5-15

object fields 5-26

pathname fields 5-16

choose-directory menu 5-17

plist 5-11

pop up fields 5-25

properties 5-11

root-field

finding 5-31

select methods 5-31

select-methods 5-11

defining 5-33

example 5-33

slider fields 5-21

instantiation parameters 5-22

spacer fields

creating 5-13

instantiation parameters 5-14

subfields

finding 5-31

superfields

finding 5-30

text fields 5-15

trapping mouse events 5-33

value objects

getting/changing initial values 5-29

returning values 5-29

value-objects 5-9

creating 5-28

FIELD-VALUE function 5-32

file attribute header A-1, A-2

FILL-FTRIPLET function 12-10

FILL-POSITION-AND-VECTORS-FROM-MATRIX function 8-22

FILL-POSITION-FROM-MATRIX function 8-22

FILL-QUATERNION-FROM-MATRIX function 8-23

FILL-VECTORS-FROM-MATRIX function 8-22

find-body function 7-17

FIND-C-TYPE function 4-10

FIND-DOMAIN function 9-13

FIND-EDMENU-ITEM function 10-17

FIND-EDMENU-ITEM-BY-MENU-ITEM-NAME function 10-17

FIND-FF-TYPES function 4-12

FIND-GEOCLASS function 10-15

finding

Lisp symbols 3-6

floating point vectors 12-7

foreign functions

accessing slots in structures 4-8

argument checking 4-13

call-direct 4-13

creating C objects 4-5

data clipping 4-6

defining arrays 4-8

defining C types in Lisp space 4-7

defining structures 4-7

entry-point 4-13

getting values for C objects 4-6

language 4-12

setting C values from Lisp 4-6

foreign-functions

when to recompile Lisp code 4-14

FOREIGN-STRING-TO-STRING function 4-12

FORMAT function 8-2

forms

defined 2-3

ftriplets

"moving" values 12-11

creating 12-7

creating origin ftriplet 12-8

modifying 12-10

replacing elements 12-10

scaling values 12-10

FTRIPLET-VALUES-BIND function 8-3

function

finding 3-6

getting arguments of 3-6

functions

arguments 2-4

as arguments 2-4

defined 2-4

defining 2-5

finding arguments of 1-6

G

generic functions 2-11

behavior with different arguments 2-11

Geobodies

defined 6-1

types 6-2

geoclasses 10-14

making bodiable 10-14

making editable 10-14

utilities 10-15

geometry

exporting

sample function 8-3

GET-BODY-MATRIX function 8-18

GET-BONES-IN-MODIFICATION-ORDER function 7-13

GET-INFERIORS function 7-17

GET-INIT-MATRIX function 8-18

GET-OBJECT function 7-19

GET-ROTATION-ORDER function 8-21

GET-ROTATION-ORDER-KEYWORD function 8-21

GET-SEGMENT-LIST function 7-12

GET-SELECTED-EL-ALIST function 10-19

GET-SISTERS function 7-18

GET-SUPERIORS function 7-17

GET-TOP-LEVEL-OBJECT function 7-19

GET-UV-COORDS method 8-6

GET-VALUE function 5-29, 5-32

GI

MAKE-RGB-COLOR function 5-27

global coordinate system 6-4

global origin 6-4

GLOBAL-OBJECT-LIST variable 7-4

graphic context

creating 5-28

graphic contexts 5-28

grids

traversing 7-12

I

image

loading 3-2

INCF function 8-3

inferior objects 6-2

init files

.clinit.cl file 3-13

nworld-emacs-std.el 3-2

nworld-site-init.el 3-2

initform 2-10

initial values

getting/changing 5-29

INITIAL-VALUE function 5-29

instance 7-3

instances 2-10

instancing 2-12

instancing bodies 6-2

K

keywords

body keywords A-7

Any eternal property A-7

Any operation A-8

description A-7

eval A-7

version A-7

documentation A-6

init-display A-7

polyhedron keywords A-8

attributes A-10

face-attributes A-9

faces-by-edge A-9

faces-by-vertex A-9

locus-state-lists A-10

numbered-edges A-9

numbered-faces-by-edge A-9

numbered-faces-by-vertex A-9

numbered-vertices A-8

parts A-10

vertex-attributes A-8

vertices A-8

units A-2

version A-2

view-relative A-6

L

le

loop+ 11-1

Lisp

argument 1-4

arrays 2-9

car 2-5

cdr 2-5

classes 2-10

defining 2-11

generic functions 2-11

inheritance 2-10

instances 2-10

instancing 2-12

methods

inheritance of 2-13

precedence list 2-11

inheritance 2-12

slots 2-10

accessor 2-12

inheritance of 2-13

manipulating values 2-12

subclasses

defined 2-10

superclasses

defined 2-10

cons 2-5

creating code 3-4

empty list 2-6

evaluation 2-1

form 1-4

forms

defined 2-3

function 1-4

functions

arguments 2-4

as arguments 2-4

defined 2-4

defining 2-5

generic functions

behavior with different arguments 2-11

inheritance 2-11

image

loading 3-2

inheritance 2-10, 2-11

interpreter 2-1

lists 2-5

adding to 2-7

creating 2-7

defined 2-5

efficiency of 2-7

manipulating 2-6

methods

defining 2-13

mode lines

creating 3-6

nil 2-6

object oriented programming tools 2-14

packages 2-3

returned value 2-1

running 3-1

slots 2-10

allocation option 2-10

reader 2-10

writer 2-10

symbols 2-2

binding 2-2

defined 2-2

external 2-3

getting source code 3-7

internal 2-3

print name 2-2

symbol-value 2-2

variables 2-8

scope 2-8

defined 2-8

type

anti-generic 2-9

types 2-9

generics 2-9

vectors 2-7

efficiency compared to lists 2-7

Lisp listener

entering code into 3-4

list body identifiers A-5

LIST function 2-7

lists 2-5

adding to 2-7

creating 2-7

defined 2-5

efficiency compared to vectors 2-7

efficiency of 2-7

returning elements of

Lisp

lists

returning elements of 2-7

LOCAL-ATTRIBUTE-VALUE function 9-16

LOCUS-COORDINATES function 8-2, 8-3

loop iteration paths 11-1

all-objects 11-7

bdis 11-7

bodies 11-7

ccw-component-edges 11-4

component-edges 11-4

component-vertices 11-4

cw-edge-neighbors 11-5

cw-face-neighbors 11-5

cw-vertex-neighbors 11-5

edge-neighbors 11-5

edge-reverse-elements 11-3

edge-ring-elements 11-3

face-neighbors 11-5

face-reverse-elements 11-3

face-ring-elements 11-3

node-elements 11-6

objects 11-7

segment-elements 11-6

terminal-objects 11-7

vertex-neighbors 11-5

vertex-reverse-elements 11-3

vertex-ring-elements loop 11-3

LOOP macro 7-10

M

macro 2-5

finding 3-6

macros

do-edges 11-3

do-edges-backward 11-3

do-face-edges 11-5

do-face-edges-backward 11-5

do-faces 11-3

do-faces-backward 11-3

do-face-vertices 11-5

do-face-vertices-backward 11-5

do-vertex-edges 11-5

do-vertex-faces 11-5

do-vertex-vertices 11-5

do-vertices 11-3

do-vertices-backward 11-3

do-wire-nodes 11-7

do-wire-segments 11-7

MAKE-ABORT-FIELD function 5-21

MAKE-ARRAY function 2-9

MAKE-ATTRIBUTE-DOMAIN-CURRENT function 9-13

MAKE-ATTRIBUTES-MENU-FOR-DOMAIN generic function 9-11

MAKE-ATTRIBUTES-WINDOW 9-9

MAKE-COLOR-FIELD function 5-27

MAKE-COMMAND-FIELD function 5-20

MAKE-CONTAINER-FIELD function 5-12

MAKE-DIRECTORY-FIELD function 5-18

MAKE-DO-IT-FIELD function 5-21

MAKE-FILE-NAME-FIELD function 5-19

MAKE-GC function 5-28

MAKE-HUMAN-SKELETON function 7-13

MAKE-INSTANCE function 2-12

MAKE-LABEL-FIELD function 5-13

MAKE-MULTIPLE-CHOICE-FIELD function 5-24

MAKE-NUMBER-FIELD function 5-14

MAKE-OBJECT-FIELD function 5-26

MAKE-PATHNAME-STRING-FIELD function 5-17

MAKE-POP-UP-FIELD function 5-25

MAKE-PORTABLE-WINDOW 5-5

icon-filename option 5-5

MAKE-PORTABLE-WINDOW macro 5-4

instantiation parameters 5-6

label keyword argument 5-5

MAKE-RENDER-PARAMETER-FIELDS function 9-10

MAKE-SLIDER-FIELD function 5-22

MAKE-SPACER-FIELDS function 5-14

MAKE-TETRAHEDRON function 7-2

MAKE-TEXT-FIELD function 5-16

MAKE-VARIABLE function 5-28

MAKE-WIRE function 7-12

MAKE-WIRE-FRAME-FROM-WIRE function 7-12

MAP-C-TYPES function 4-9

MAP-FF-TYPES function 4-12

mapper 8-6

mappers

seams and uv coordinates 8-10

materials 9-2

MB-CONTROL-P function 5-34

MB-LEFT-P function 5-34

MB-META-P function 5-34

MB-MIDDLE-P function 5-34

MB-RIGHT-P function 5-34

MB-SHIFT-P function 5-34

MENU-CHOOSE-MATERIAL function 9-14

MENU-CONFIRM function 5-38

MENUIZE-FIELDS function 5-7

MENU-NOTIFY function 5-38

menus

*standard-color-defaults* 5-4

debugging

si variable 5-30

fields

container-fields 5-3

object hierarchy 5-3

pop-up 5-2

root-field 5-3

sub-fields 5-3

meta-dot(.) 3-7

method

finding 3-6

methods

defining 2-13

inheritance of 2-13

mouse buttons

determining which are pressed 5-33

N

NFF 4-1

N-Geometry editor menu 10-16

NIL 2-6

node-elements LIP 11-6

Nth function 2-7

nworld-emacs-std.el file 3-2

nworld-site-init.el 3-2

O

OBDI function 8-8

object description A-3

object hierarchies 7-16

determining position in 7-16

finding terminal objects 7-16

finding top level objects 7-19

traversing 7-16

object specification A-1, A-2

OBJECT-NAMED function 7-6

object-orientation

inheritance 2-10, 2-11, 2-13

object-oriented programming tools 2-14

objects

ASCII file format A-1

choosing multiple 7-7

compound 6-2

compound objects

getting terminal objects 7-20

looping through 7-20

returing bodies 7-20

returning BDIs 7-21

creating 7-2

creating from bodies 7-3

defined 6-1

describing 1-3

examining with describe 7-8

finding terminal objects 7-16

getting attribute values 9-17

getting inferior objects 7-17

getting superior objects 7-17

inferior 6-2

lists of 7-8

modifying, defined 7-1

naming 7-4

referencing symbolically 7-6

rotating 8-20

saving A-10

selecting 7-5

from a menu 7-7

superior 6-2

terminal 6-2

top level objects

finding 7-19

top-level 6-2

transforming 7-1

viewing 7-4

on-value parameters 5-24

ORIGIN-FTRIPLET function 12-8

output

to a file 8-2

to a file, example 8-2

P

packages

defined 2-3

double-colon syntax 2-3

single-colon syntax 2-3

using 7-2

patches

default directory 3-13

Plug-ins

defined 3-12

plug-ins

default directory 3-13

defined 3-12

load order 3-12

loading in specific situations 3-14

loading with N·World 3-13

storing your own 3-12

pointer-tracking-function parameter 5-22

pointer-up-function parameter 5-22

polyhedra

collecting elements of 7-11

traversing 7-9

pop-up menus

defining

example 5-7

pop-up windows

defining 5-6

instantiation parameters 5-7

portable windows 5-1

anatomy 5-2

defining 5-4

portable-windows

instantiation parameters 5-6

precedence list 2-11

printed representation 7-3

printed representations

appropriate uses 7-6

R

reader 2-10

readin information A-1, A-2

render domain 9-2

render parameters

defining 9-9

rendering

overview 9-1

returned value 2-1

ROOT-FIELD function 5-31

S

SCALE-FTRIPLET function 12-10

segment-elements LIP 11-6

select methods

finding 5-31

select-methods

defining 5-33

example 5-33

SETF function 2-2

Shared-object files 4-2

shared-object files 4-2

compiling and linking 4-2

including C libraries 4-2

loading 4-3

recommended compiler options 4-2

short forms 11-1

skeletons

traversing elements 7-12

slots 2-10

allocation option 2-10

inheritance of 2-13

initform 2-10

manipulating values 2-12

reader 2-10

writer 2-10

string body identifiers A-5

STRING-TO-FOREIGN-STRING function 4-12

subclasses

defined 2-10

SUBFIELDS function 5-31

superclasses 2-10

superior objects 6-2

surface context

defined 8-6

symbolic body identifiers A-3

symbols

binding 2-2

external

defined 2-3

internal

defined 2-3

print name 2-2

symbol-value 2-2

T

terminal objects 6-2

TERMINAL-OBJECT-P predicate (3D package) 7-16

top-level objects 6-2

TOP-LEVEL-OBJECT-P predicate 7-16

TRANSFORM function 8-19

transformation

returning up 8-22

transformation matrix 6-1

changing 6-4

reinitializing 6-5

transformations

body-matrix 8-18

current

returning 8-16

returning with respect to other objects 8-16

init-matrix 8-18

manipulating 8-18

matrices

converting to Quaternions 8-23

decomposing 8-20, 8-22

making a scratch 8-18

returning direction 8-22

returning rotations 8-21

position

returning 8-22

returning inverse matrix 8-17

transforming 8-19

transforming objects 7-1

traversing 11-1

elements of a face 11-4

elements of a polyhedra through element rings 11-2

elements of a wire 11-6

neighboring elements of a vertex 11-5

object hierarchy 11-7

types 2-9

U

UI:SM function 5-31

USER

DESCRIBE function 7-8

UV coordinates

getting

examples 8-7

for face part 8-8

for vertices of a face 8-8

getting for a vertex 8-6

mapper seams and edges 8-10

range 8-10

V

value objects

returning values 5-29

value-objects

creating 5-28

variables 2-8

scope 2-8

defined 2-8

types 2-9

anti-generics 2-9

generics 2-9

vectors

defined 2-7

vertex-neighbors LIP 11-5

VERTEX-REVERSE-ELEMENTS loop macro form 8-1

vertices

traversing 7-9

first-added-first order 7-10

last-added-first order 7-9

VIDX function 8-2

W

Window Inspector 3-8

windows

defining

using appearance defaults 5-8

instantiation parameters 5-8

wireframes

traversing 7-12

WITH-COMPRESSED-VERTEX-INDICES function 8-4

WITH-CURRENT-TRANSFORM-MATRIX macro 8-16

WITH-DEFAULTS macro 5-5

WITH-INVERSETRANSFORM-MATRIX macro 8-17

WITH-MAPPING-SETUP macro 8-5

with-mapping-setup macro 8-5

WITH-OPEN-FILE function 8-2

WITH-SIMPLE-ROOT macro 5-7

WITH-SURFACE-CONTEXT macro 8-5

with-surface-context macro 8-5

WITH-TEMP-TRANSFORM-MATRIX macro 8-18

writer 2-10

X

Xemacs

apropos 3-6

commands and key-bindings 3-3

creating new files 3-5

extending 3-2

files

opening 3-4

saving 3-5

finding arguments of functions 3-6

launching 3-1

modes 3-6

mode lines 3-6

using 3-2

using tab completion 3-5

xemacs window 3-3

xemacs

launching 1-1

xemacs window 1-2

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