OpenFlight, MultiGen-Paradigm's native 3D content is the leading visual database standard in the world and has become the defacto standard format in the visual simulation industry. OpenFlight's logical, hierarchical scene description file format informs the realtime image generator what, when, and how to render, resulting in realtime 3D scenes with unmatched precision and reliability. Developers will enjoy its flexibility, open connectivity and easy interoperability along with advanced realtime functions, including:

	Levels of detail (LOD)
	Culling volumes
	Switch Nodes
	Drawing priority
	Binary separating planes

White Paper: Introduction to OpenFlight APIs

White Paper: OpenFlight APIs for Game Developers

Download OpenFlight Specifications

OpenFlight API
MultiGen-Paradigm application programming interfaces (APIs) answer the growing demand for a quick and easy means of accessing and extending OpenFlight's geometry, attribution, and palette information. The API also facilitates the development of specialized tools and utilities to augment MultiGen Creator's set of powerful, general-purpose modeling tools. Levels and highlights of the OpenFlight API include:

	OpenFlight Read/Write API: Read, write, convert, or load OpenFlight data in a native, consistent and efficient way.
	OpenFlight Extensions API: Extend the OpenFlight file format's nodes or palettes to support IG-specific and application specific features.

OpenFlight Tools API
Register and plug-in code for your unique tools or algorithms. Plug-in code can take advantage of the 3D rendering, GUI, database tools, and other features of MultiGen Creator.

OpenFlight Developer's Program
For a nominal annual fee, customers can purchase access to the OpenFlight API for their own use with one year of technical support. This is a low cost form of entry to begin using the de-facto industry standard OpenFlight file format in a programmatic fashion in your custom applications.

OpenFlight Adoption Program
If you wish to redistribute any portion of the OpenFlight API or pieces of work assembled with our API, please feel free to contact Christian Cole at christian.cole@multigen.com at MultiGen-Paradigm about our open and inexpensive policy to allow you the freedom to redistribute your work. Let us support you in your efforts.

Creator Plug-in Tool Submission Program
If you have a plug-in that you would like the greater community of users to see in the "downloads" section of the MultiGen-Paradigm website, please contact Christian Cole at christian.cole@multigen.com to help you obtain greater exposure in the visual simulation community through your custom tools to MultiGen Creator.

Register and plug-in code for your unique tools or algorithms. Plug-in code can take advantage of the 3D rendering, GUI, database tools, and other features of MultiGen Creator.

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