OpenFlipper: an open source geometry processing and rendering framework

Authors:
Jan Möbius;Leif Kobbelt
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science 8, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen;Department of Computer Science 8, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
Venue:
Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Curves and Surfaces
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In this paper we present OpenFlipper, an extensible open source geometry processing and rendering framework. OpenFlipper is a free software toolkit and software development platform for geometry processing algorithms. It is mainly developed in the context of various academic research projects. Nevertheless some companies are already using it as a toolkit for commercial applications. This article presents the design goals for OpenFlipper, the central usability considerations and the important steps that were taken to achieve them. We give some examples of commercial applications which illustrate the flexibility of OpenFlipper. Besides software developers, end users also benefit from this common framework since all applications built on top of it share the same basic functionality and interaction metaphors.