commit 59fe72cb21a14010e91bdf860e5bacf53a4e3c30
parent 9a6f2dec21115343758c9ff9530b2e8a5a832f93
Author: Vincent Forest <vincent.forest@meso-star.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:53:46 +0200
Minor update of the README file
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ The main concept exposed by the Star-3D C API are *shapes*. A *shape*
represents a 3D object whose data is defined by the user and can be updated at
any time. A 3D environment is built by attaching one or several *shapes* to a
*scene*. To access the *scene* data through sampling, ray-tracing or indexing,
-one have to enable a *scene session* that commits the current *scene* geometry
-as the geometry to use. A *scene* can also be instantiated into one or several
-*shapes*, each with its own attributes (e.g. position, orientation, etc.).
-Since the *scene* geometry is stored once even though it is instantiated
-several times, this feature can be used to create extremely complex environment
-with a low memory footprint.
+one have to create a *scene view* that commits the current *scene* geometry
+as the geometry of the *view*. A *scene* can also be instantiated into one or
+several *shapes*, each with its own attributes (e.g. position, orientation,
+etc.). Since the *scene* geometry is stored once even though it is
+instantiated several times, this feature can be used to create extremely
+complex environment with a low memory footprint.
Star-3D is currently used in several softwares dealing with complex arbitrary
3D contents, ranging from graphics applications and thermal simulations to
@@ -80,12 +80,11 @@ installed.
Once installed, the Star-3D library and its associated headers are deployed,
providing the whole environment required to develop C/C++ applications with
-Star-3D. The `<STAR3D_INSTALL_DIR>/include/star/s3d.h` header defines the
+Star-3D. The `<STAR3D_INSTALL_DIR>/include/star/s3d.h` header defines the
Star-3D Application Programming Interface (API). Refer to this
[file](https://gitlab.com/meso-star/star-3d/blob/master/src/s3d.h) for the API
reference documentation.
-
A Star-3D [CMake
package](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.5/manual/cmake-packages.7.html) is
also installed to facilitate the use of Star-3D in projects relying on the
