Specifications

Portable and Interoperable Application Support
2.6 Industry Standard 2D and 3D Graphics Support
2.6.3 DEC GKS (AXP Only)
AXP
DEC GKS for OpenVMS AXP is a 3D graphics support system that provides
application programmers with a set of functions for interactive and noninteractive
computer graphics applications. You use the functions to define and display
computer-generated 3D graphics using a variety of computer graphics equipment.
As a development tool, it provides a base for portable, device-independent, 2D
and 3D graphics application development.
DEC GKS for OpenVMS AXP implements the International Standard ISO 8805,
the Graphical Kernel System for Three Dimension (GKS–3D). It conforms to level
2c of ISO 8805.
DEC Open3D is required for using DEC GKS for OpenVMS AXP.♦
Note
Although DEC GKS was supported on OpenVMS VAX Version 6.0 and
earlier versions, it is not supported on OpenVMS VAX Version 6.1.
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