procedural primitive
List of: Glossary Items
Subjects: Viewing
Contents: Glossary

A primitive whose geometry is described by some application supplied procedure. The procedure must be able to generate a description of an object's geometry in terms of a list of rendering library primitives, possibly including other procedural primitive. For instance, an application may define a procedural primitive that can generate a description of a nut or bolt.
PDF/GLOSSARY/01GLOSS.PDF
HTM/DATA/ACIS/GLOSSARY/01GLOSS/0277.HTM