Gregory Wade Netschke

US Patent:

62048511, Mar 20, 2001

Filed:

Apr 3, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/054964

Inventors:

Gregory W. Netschke - Huntsville AL
Gabriel Cuellar - Bogota', CO
Gabriel Manana - Bogota', CO

Assignee:

Intergraph Corporation - Huntsville AL

International Classification:

G06T 1500

US Classification:

345419

Abstract:

An apparatus and method of applying an effect to graphical data utilizes a graphics processor to apply the effect to a graphical image having the graphical data. To that end, the graphics processor is configured to process graphical data in accordance with a preselected graphics processing format, and the effect and graphical image are defined and converted, respectively, into the preselected graphics processing format. The graphics processor is controlled to apply the effect to the graphical image to produce an output graphical image. The output graphical image includes both the effect and the graphical image. The graphics processor may be a graphics accelerator card, and the graphics processing format may be the OPENGL. TM. application program interface.