HDK User Reference

HDK User Reference

Users writing plugins may appreciate a key for the library prefixes used in the HDK:

Prefix  Meaning

AU -     Audio

FS -     File System

GB -     Geometry Base Classes

GD -     Geometry Domain (2d profile curves)

GDT -     Geometry Delta. This is for the efficient representation of thedifferences between two geometries. It is used by the Edit, Paint, andsimilar SOPs.

GEO -     Geometry (3d)

GOP -     Geometry Group Operations. Has the pattern matching code used bySOPs.

GP -     Geometry Pasting (used for NURBs pasting)

GQ -     Geometry Quad Edge library

GU -     Geometry Utility (derives from GEO through multiple inheritence)

GVEX -     Wrapper for VEX to access Geometry

KIN -     Kinematics

SYS -     System Dependent

TS -     Metaball Kernel Library

UT -     Utility