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 #+TITLE: Sixth 3D - 3D engine
 
------
-- This is a subproject of [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth/doc/index.html][Sixth]]
+* (document settings) :noexport:
+** use dark style for TWBS-HTML exporter
+#+HTML_HEAD: <link href="https://bootswatch.com/3/darkly/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
+#+HTML_HEAD: <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
+#+HTML_HEAD: <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
+#+HTML_HEAD: <style type="text/css">
+#+HTML_HEAD:   footer {background-color: #111 !important;}
+#+HTML_HEAD:   pre {background-color: #111; color: #ccc;}
+#+HTML_HEAD: </style>
 
-- [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth-3d.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][download latest snapshot]]
+* General
+- This is a subproject of parent project: [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/][Sixth]].
 
-- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-  the terms of version 3 of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] or later as
-  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+  License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
 - Program author:
   - Svjatoslav Agejenko
-  - Homepage: http://svjatoslav.eu
+  - Homepage: https://svjatoslav.eu
   - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
 
-- [[http://www.svjatoslav.eu/programs.jsp][other applications hosted at svjatoslav.eu]]
+- [[https://www.svjatoslav.eu/projects/][Other software projects hosted at svjatoslav.eu]]
 
-* (document settings) :noexport:
-** use dark style for TWBS-HTML exporter
-#+HTML_HEAD: <link href="https://bootswatch.com/4/darkly/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
-#+HTML_HEAD: <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
-#+HTML_HEAD: <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>"
-#+HTML_HEAD: <style type="text/css">
-#+HTML_HEAD:   footer {background-color: #111 !important;}
-#+HTML_HEAD:   pre {background-color: #111; color: #ccc;}
-#+HTML_HEAD: </style>
+** Source code
+- [[https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth-3d.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][Download latest snapshot in TAR GZ format]]
+
+- [[https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth-3d.git;a=summary][Browse Git repository online]]
+
+- Clone Git repository using command:
+  : git clone https://www2.svjatoslav.eu/git/sixth-3d.git
 
 * Project description
-+ See: [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][demos of current 3D engine capabilities]]
++ See: [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][demos of current 3D engine capabilities]]
 
 [[id:d03013e5-931b-40ca-bc4b-e4b3f23b9a4e][In software]], [[id:a11f7150-1b25-4ca4-a3c3-8c8bd1352bd4][pure Java]] realtime 3D rendering engine. With the final
 goal of becoming a platform for buildng 3D user interfaces and
-interactive data visualization for [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth/doc/index.html][project Sixth]].
+interactive data visualization for [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth/][project Sixth]].
 
 Sixth 3D can be also used as standalone [[id:08f71987-90af-40dc-bb65-bac87db9e652][3D engine in your project]].
 
@@ -76,12 +83,13 @@ pixel.
 - As a result it is easy to run on various hardware platforms and
   operating systems.
 
-* TODO API documentation
-Documentation currently missing for the lack of time.
+* API documentation
+Note: due to a lack of time, there is still big room for improvement
+on documentation.
 
 So far best resource is to download and explore source code for:
-+ 3D engine ([[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/graphs/][generated code graphs]] (generated using [[http://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/javainspect/][JavaInspect]]))
-+ For API usage examples, see [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][demos]].
++ 3D engine ([[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d/graphs/][generated code graphs]] (generated using [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/javainspect/][JavaInspect]]))
++ For API usage examples, see [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][demos]]
 * Instructions to embed Sixth-3D in your project
   :PROPERTIES:
   :ID:       08f71987-90af-40dc-bb65-bac87db9e652
@@ -109,8 +117,11 @@ Maven *pom.xml* file snippet:
 </repositories>
 #+END_SRC
 
-For API usage examples, see [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][demos]].
+For API usage examples, see [[https://www3.svjatoslav.eu/projects/sixth-3d-demos/][demos]].
 * TODO features to add
++ read this as example, and apply improvements/fixes where applicable:
+  http://blog.rogach.org/2015/08/how-to-create-your-own-simple-3d-render.html
+
 + Partial region/frame repaint: when only one small object changed on
   the scene, it would be faster to re-render that specific area.
 
@@ -121,30 +132,29 @@ For API usage examples, see [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos
 + Antialiazing. Would improve text readability. If antialiazing is too
   expensive for every frame, it could be used only for last frame
   before animations become still and waiting for user input starts.
+** Render only visible polygons
++ This would significantly reduce RAM <-> CPU traffic.
 
-+ Render only visible polygons.
-  + This would significantly reduce RAM <-> CPU traffic.
-
-  + General algorithm description:
-    + For each horizontal scanline:
-      + sort polygon edges from left to right
-      + while iterating and drawing pixels over screen X axis (left to
-        right) track next appearing/disappearing polygons.
-        + For each polygon edge update Z sorted active polygons list.
-        + Only draw pixel from the top-most polygon.
-          + Only if polygon area is transparent/half-transparent add
-            colors from the polygons below.
++ General algorithm description:
+  + For each horizontal scanline:
+    + sort polygon edges from left to right
+    + while iterating and drawing pixels over screen X axis (left to
+      right) track next appearing/disappearing polygons.
+      + For each polygon edge update Z sorted active polygons list.
+      + Only draw pixel from the top-most polygon.
+        + Only if polygon area is transparent/half-transparent add
+          colors from the polygons below.
 
-  + As a bonus, this would allow to track which polygons are really
-    visible in the final scene for each frame.
++ As a bonus, this would allow to track which polygons are really
+  visible in the final scene for each frame.
 
-    + Such information allows further optimizations:
+  + Such information allows further optimizations:
 
-      + Dynamic geometry simplification:
-        + Dynamically detect and replace invisible objects from the
-          scene with simplified bounding box.
+    + Dynamic geometry simplification:
+      + Dynamically detect and replace invisible objects from the
+        scene with simplified bounding box.
 
-        + Dynamically replace boudnig box with actual object once it
-          becomes visible.
+      + Dynamically replace boudnig box with actual object once it
+        becomes visible.
 
-      + Dynamically unload unused textures from RAM.
+    + Dynamically unload unused textures from RAM.