摘要 |
The present invention relates to a graphics processing apparatus for plotting three-dimensional graphics by using a grid, and to a method of use of the apparatus. An arbitrary plane grid is displayed on a display screen, the displayed grid is variously changed and the three-dimensional graphic is plotted using the changed grid. The possible changes of the grid include a grid translation, a grid spacing change, a grid rotation, the selection of a grid display/non-display mode, coincidence/non-coincidence of the reference points of the graphic with the grid, and the like. Also, the apparatus executes a corner processing, including arc processing and straight line processing. In the arc processing, the corner processing is executed by selecting two straight lines and inputting a radius to define a corner joining the two lines; and in the straight line processing, the corner processing is executed by selecting two straight lines and inputting the length and angle of a line segment to join them. |