3-D Coordinate Systems and Geometry

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Programming Microsoft Direct3D applications requires a working familiarity with 3-D geometric principles. This section introduces the most important geometric concepts for creating 3-D scenes. The following topics provide high-level descriptions of the basic concepts employed by a Direct3D application.

• 3-D Coordinate Systems
• Face and Vertex Normal Vectors
• 3-D Primitives
• Rasterization Rules
• Rectangles
• Triangle Interpolation
• Vectors, Vertices, and Quaternions

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