PHIGS DESCRIPTION TABLE(7P) — Kubota Pacfic Computer Inc. (29 February 1991)
NAME
PHIGS DESCRIPTION TABLE − contains information describing the static capabilities of PEX-SI
DESCRIPTION
The PHIGS Description Table is created when PHIGS is opened and exists until PHIGS is closed. The PHIGS standard includes the default values for the pipeline context in the logical PHIGS Description Table.
The remaining values are limits and capabilities. These may be inquired.
Key to Data Type Abbreviations
IIntegerWWorkstation Type
EEnumeration TypeL(type)List of Values of a Given Type
Key Denoting the Source of Information
APIdetermined by API, hardcoded
ETIdetermined by server, API queries with Get Enumerated Type Information
IDCdetermined by server,API queries with Get Implementation-Dependent Constants
PHIGS Description Table
| Description Table Entry | Data Type | Initial Value |
| number of available workstation types | I | 2 |
| list of available workstation types | L(W) | see Table 1 |
| max number of simultaneously open workstations | I | API(20) |
| max number of simultaneously open archive files | I | API(25) |
| number of available names for name sets | I | IDC |
| available character sets | I | API(1,ASCII) |
| max length of normal filter list for ISS | I | IDC |
| max length of inverted filter list for ISS | I | IDC |
| available generalized structure elements | I | ETI |
| max number of distinct planes in modelling clip volumes | I | IDC |
| number of available modelling clip operators | I | ETI |
Table 1 — Workstation Type and Category
| Type | Category |
| x_tool | OUTIN |
| x_drawable | OUTIN |
SEE ALSO
PHIGS WORKSTATION DESCRIPTION TABLE (7P)
September 02, 1992