3DShips: Rapid 3D Icon Generation for the Command and Control Workstation of the Future

Abstract

The Command and Control Workstation of the Future (CCWF) project demonstrated the practicality of implementing a real-time graphics display to provide a modern fleet commander with a realistic visual display of his arena of operations. One drawback to that implementation is the limited number of vessel icons incorporated. The primary goal of this study is to provide an interactive tool for the rapid generation of three dimensional ship icons suitable for use in the CCWF. By centering the icon definitions around a standard object file format and providing a program that allows manipulation of these components to construct numerous complete ship icons from a limited base of ship component files, the flexibility of the current CCWF is enhanced. Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA226392

Entities

People

  • Daniel E. Nagel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • C Programming Language
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Graphics
  • Materials
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Security
  • Simulators
  • Superstructures
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control