LightWrap++, a C++ SDK wrapper for LightWave3D

Author:

Michael Wolf

David Ballesteros

James Willmot

Version:

0.1

Introduction

LightWrap++ (or lwpp for short) is a C++ wrapper for the SDK of the LightWave 3D by Newtek.

lwpp was designed with the following goals in mind:

• Complete compliance with C++ concepts
• Easy of use
• The ability to quickly start writing a plugin, only adding code as needed
• Use of the STL where appropriated (currently mostly strings and the odd vector/map)
• Compatibility across a range of LW SDK versions (since commercial plugins usually need to be compatible for a longer time).

Table of Contents

This manual is divided into the following sections:

• License
• How to write your first plugin using lwpp
• A more complex, complete plugin
• The design of LightWrap++
• Prerequesites to using and extending LightWrapp++
• Coding standards

Download the current release, build 89