For basic information about programming with the Open Inventor Toolkit, see the following:

• Wernecke, Josie, The Inventor Mentor. Reading,Mass.:Addison-Wesley, 1994. For a general introduction to computer graphics, see the following:
• Foley, J.D., A. van Dam, S. Feiner, and J.F. Hughes, Computer Graphics Principles and Practice, 2d ed. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1990.
• Neider, Jackie, Tom Davis, Mason Woo. OpenGL Programming Guide. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1993.
• Newman, W., and R. Sproull, Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics, 2d edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. For an introduction to the C++ language, see the following:
• Lippman, Stanley, C++ Primer. AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1989.
• Pohl, Ira, C++ for C Programmers. Redwood City, Ca.: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1994.
• Shapiro, Jonathan, A C++ Toolkit. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1990. For an introduction to object-oriented programming, see the following:
• Meyer, Bertrand, Object-Oriented Software Construction. London: Prentice Hall International, 1988.