Pi3d Book

Contents:

• Introduction
  • Target Audience
  • The Structure and how to use this book
  • Installation
• 3D Graphics Explanation
  • Communication between python and the GPU
  • Sequence of events
• Vectors and Matrices
  • Vectors
  • Matrices
  • Illustrations
• Shapes, Buffers and Display
  • Shape
  • Buffer
  • Display
• Textures, Lights and Shaders
  • Textures
  • Lights
  • Shaders
  • A Final look at Textures
• Cameras, 2D projection and Sprites
• Models
• Constructing a Shape from scratch
• User input and Environment Utilities
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • Events
  • 3D Backgrounds
  • ElevationMap
• Lines, Points and Merging
  • set_line_width and set_point_size
  • Points using texture mapping
• Strings
• Off-screen textures (and other more complicated things)
  • Other Shaders
  • Video Textures
  • Conclusion