gleem: OpenGL Extremely Easy-to-use Manipulators

Last modified: 2/4/2002. Current gleem version: 1.2.1

NOTE: this version of gleem is no longer being maintained. The current sources are in the jogl-demos workspace at http://jogl-demos.dev.java.net/ and are covered under the BSD license.

• Download gleem
• Online Demos
• Licensing Terms
• Interesting Links
• Browse the On-Line Documentation

Download gleem

There are two source code packages available:

• gleem-1.2.1.tar.gz (225k) - source code only (Unix format)
• gleem-1.2.1.zip (352k) - source code only (Windows format)

Precompiled Java class files are also available:

• gleem-1.2.1.jar.gz (87k) - compiled .class files only (jar + gzip format)
• gleem-1.2.1.jar.zip (87k) - compiled .class files only (jar + zip format)

Online Demos

The following demos require Java Web Start to be installed. The following launch links work on all of JOGL's supported platforms, currently Solaris/SPARC, Linux/x86, Mac OS X, and Win32/x86.

Translate1 Demo

Translate2 Demo

HandleBox Demo

Controls: click and drag with left mouse button to move manipulator. The HandleBox demo contains an embedded ExaminerViewer, so the camera can be moved as well. ExaminerViewer controls:

Alt/Meta + Left mouse button	Rotate about focal point
Alt/Meta + Right mouse button	Translate parallel to image plane
Alt/Meta + Left + Right mouse buttons	Dolly in/out along view direction

Licensing Terms

gleem is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1, or any later version.

Interesting Links

• SGI's Open Inventor has recently been made available under the LGPL.
• Mark Kilgard's GLUT: an abstraction layer allowing development of window system-independent C and C++ OpenGL programs
• Brian Paul's Mesa: a free OpenGL clone
• Eric Powers's Apprentice: a free (though incomplete) Open Inventor clone
• VRS: a large and free 3D library

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