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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1997
Matthew R Arrott, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert D Covey, Alameda, CA (US);
Ching-Chi Billy Hsu, Alameda, CA (US);
Tanvir B Hassan, Alameda, CA (US);
Jeffrey M Kowalski, Piedmont, CA (US);
Brian P Mathews, Fremont, CA (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses an apparatus, method, and article of manufacture for generating graphic images. In accordance with the present invention, an application program receives commands from a computer user via an input device and provides an output command stream to a plurality of renderer programs. The renderer programs selectively modify the output command stream and transmit the output command stream to a graphics peripheral device or to one or more of the other renderer programs.