The following are additional sources of information about Open Inventor and related extension modules:
The Inventor Mentor, Programming Object-Oriented 3D Graphics with Open Inventor, Release 2, Josie Wernecke, Addison-Wesley. For learning the basics of Open Inventor programming, this is the book to use.
The Inventor Toolmaker, Extending Open Inventor, Release 2, Josie Wernecke, Addison-Wesley.
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The above two books were written for Open Inventor 2.0. However, Open Inventor 2.1 introduced a number of incompatible changes. Please refer to the Porting Guide (part of the Open Inventor™ online documentation) for important information concerning the changes between Open Inventor 2.0 and 2.1. |
Open Inventor™ online documentation, including a reference manual, installation instructions, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), and more.