Final

Kenneth Chin (Period 10) and Michael Lin (Period 4)

Features to be implemented

• light
  • Add a light to the symbol table
  • MDL Commands:
    • light lightname x y z r g b
    • creates a light at the point x y z using the given r g b
• mesh
  • use an external .obj file for polygons
  • MDL Commands:
    • mesh :filename
    • utilizes coordinates from .obj file to create an image
• set
  • assigns a value to a knob
  • MDL Commands:
    • set knobname value
    • assigns a knob value to knobname in the symbol table
• save knobs
  • saves current knob values to a list
  • MDL Commands:
    • save_knobs knoblist
    • saves the current value of knobs under list, knoblist
• tween
  • produce an animation by going between two knob lists
  • MDL Commands:
    • tween start_frame end_frame knoblist0 knoblist1
    • generates a number of frames using basename as the base filename. It will start from start_frame and end at end_frame and interpolate the image using knoblist0 as the starting configuration and knoblist 2 as the ending configuration.
• save_coordinate_system
  • save a copy of the top of the stack to the symbol table
  • MDL Commands:
    • save_coord_system name
    • Makes a copy of the top of the stack and saves it in the symbol table under "name."

If we have time

• Add new primitive shapes
  • Pyramid
  • Tetrahedron
  • Cone
  • Cylinder