Introduction to the BS SDK
Thank you for your interest in the BS SDK.
We are confident you will find this collection of application programming
interfaces the key support environment and reference
for your work.
Bitmanagement provides companies using the BS SDK with
internal API descriptions, insights and examples which are designed
to support your complete programming activities for graphics
related enhancements embedded in the companies own products and projects.
The BS SDK includes the following:
Programmers Reference
A description of the core APIs for all functional enhancements
to BS Contact. The reference can be used for the integration
of Java applets, scripts and C/C++ executables in order to support
dynamic updates, user modifications and events including sounds
and movies within a VR scene.
Content Authoring
This section provides the content author in a first part with a
complete description of the supported nodes and features. BS Contact
VRML supports all VRML standard features. In addition the viewer has many
Extensions enabling advanced features. The usage of all extensions is
described on a technical level.
In a second part the integration of an Automatic Installer for installation
of BS Contact VRML into an application or product is described.
Tools
This section describes BS Encrypt, the BS Exporter for 3ds max and the BS Exporter for Blender.
Tutorials
This section presents a set of simple applications/examples that shows
step by step how to embed the BS Contact ActiveX control and how to
access the scene graph.
The tutorials are linked in the respective part of the Programmers Reference.
1. Purpose of the SDK
The BS SDK is designed for programmers, software engineers, IT staffs,
and software development companies who want more control over the
operation and configuration of Bitmanagements products
The Programmers Reference BS SDK enables skilled programmers to integrate Java applets,
scripts and C/C++ and executables in order to support dynamic updates,
user modifications and events including sounds and movies and a variety
of functional enhancements.
In the Content Authoring pages application developers are provided with a complete
description of extension nodes of BS Contact completing the VRML, X3D
and MPEG-4 standards and exploiting advanced functionality needed in
the graphics industry of today.
This SDK is not intended as a reference for the VRML, MPEG-4 or X3D standard itself.
A complete description of the standard and related technology can be found below:
VRML Specification:
http://www.web3d.org/technicalinfo/specifications/vrml97/part1/nodesRef.html
http://www.web3d.org/resources/vrml_ref_manual/index.html
MPEG-4 Specification:
http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/working_documents/mpeg-04/systems/3rd_edition_wd.zip
X3D Draft Specification:
http://www.web3d.org/technicalinfo/specifications/ISO_IEC_19775/index.html
H-Anim Draft Specification:
http://www.h-anim.org/Specifications/H-Anim2001/
2. BS SDK license of BS Contact VRML
The BS SDK is shipped to you with a development license of
BS Contact VRML for one computer only.
3. Update policy
Bitmanagement is striving to update the BS SDK and
Bitmanagements products regularly. Smaller updates and
bugfixes are provided for free based on the single decision
of Bitmanagement Software GmbH.
Mature updates require a new license or upgrade.
4. Support policy
Bitmanagement offers support on request and upon terms to
be agreed upon with this BS SDK to help you getting started
as easy as possible.
5. Installing the SDK
The SDK does not require any type of special installation.
All executable files operate in a stand-alone fashion. The
development license for BS Contact VRML only requires a
license.key file.
In this documentation the term BS Contact means
BS Contact VRML and in principle BS Contact MPEG-4.
The BS SDK is optimized for Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
