OpenManip cross-scenegraph manipulator library

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OpenManip is a library which provides manipulators and editors for 3d visualization based on scenegraphs. The library is inspired by the manipulators of the OpenInventor scenegraph and stys to the usage paradigme introduced with OpenInventor's manipulators. OpenManip is designed to be platform independent supporting Windows and Linux so far. Furthermore it is also based on a design which allows usage on multiple scenegraphs. Therefore a scenegraph-driver layer has been created which has to be adapted to the scenegraph to be used. Currently OpenManip supports the open source scenegraph OpenSG and also contains an older support for Csomo3D/Optimizer on IRIX which not used anymore. The manipulators are intended to provide an easy way of object manipultaion in 3D visualization applications to users who are working with such applications. In this context OpenManip currently provides three types of transformations: translation, rotation and scaling. Due to the modularity of the design of OpenManip new manipulators can be designed and added at anytime by utilizing the basic manipulator framework provided by OpenManip. The project is designed to be publsihed under LGPL.

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