1SceneViewer(1)              General Commands Manual             SceneViewer(1)
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NAME

6       SceneViewer - 3d editor and viewer for Inventor scenes
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SYNOPSIS

9       SceneViewer [-e env_file] [file]
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DESCRIPTION

12       SceneViewer  is  a  program  for  viewing and interacting with Inventor
13       scene graph files (the SGI 3D file format standard).   SceneViewer  was
14       written  to  demonstrate Inventor features, and serves as the basis for
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17       When SceneViewer is run, a window appears containing the Inventor exam‐
18       iner viewer and a menu bar. The viewer allows the user to interactively
19       change the view of the scene through direct manipulation,  or  indirect
20       slider  and  push button controls.  The menu bar contains the following
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23       File
24              This menu supports file reading and writing, and launches a dia‐
25              log for printing to a printer or to PostScript file.
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27       Edit
28              This  menu  enables  copy  and  paste  of 3D data, selecting all
29              objects, and deleting the currently selected objects.
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31       Viewing
32              This menu controls viewing options.  It allows different viewing
33              paradigms  to  be employed: the examiner viewer which provides a
34              virtual trackball interface, the fly-through viewer for  travel‐
35              ing  through  expansive data sets, the walk viewer for architec‐
36              tural walk-throughs, and the plane viewer for orthographic  pro‐
37              jections.   The  menu  also  enables  different  types of trans‐
38              parency, fog effects, antialiasing, and  background  color  con‐
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41       Selection
42              This  menu  allows the different selection policies to be demon‐
43              strated.  A selection policy determines how  objects  get  added
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46       Editors
47              This  menu  launches  the material editor and transform sliders.
48              An object must be selected for the menu to be active.
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50       Manips
51              This menu allows different manipulators to act  on  the  current
52              selection,  including  the  trackball,  handle box, jack, center
53              ball, and transform box.  Manipulators can also be  turned  off,
54              in  which  case selected objects are surrounded with a red wire‐
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57       Lights
58              This menu allows directional, point, and spot lights to be  cre‐
59              ated and edited. It also allows lights to be turned on and off.
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61       For  more information on how to use the viewers and editors employed by
62       the scene viewer, please see SceneViewer's runtime help cards.
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SOURCE CODE

65       Note that the source code to SceneViewer comes with the  Open  Inventor
66       3d Toolkit.
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OPTIONS

69       The following command line options are allowed:
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71       -e env_file
72              Read  the  passed  environment file, and use the lights, camera,
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FILES

76       /usr/share/data/models/* - Sample 3D data  files  /usr/share/src/Inven‐
77       tor/demos/SceneViewer/* - Source to SceneViewer
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SEE ALSO

80       drop,  gview, inventor, ivcat, ivview, maze, noodle, qmorf, revo, show‐
81       case, textomatic
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