1ivcat(1)                    General Commands Manual                   ivcat(1)
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NAME

6       ivcat - concatenates and converts Inventor files
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SYNOPSIS

9       ivcat [-bfht] [-o file] [file ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       ivcat  reads  each  file  in  sequence and then writes each out.  If no
13       input file is given, or a filename of "-"  is  specified,  ivcat  reads
14       from  the  standard  input  file.   The  input files must be valid Open
15       Inventor 3D Interchange Format files (1.0 or 2.0).
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17       The following command line options are allowed:
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19       -b   Write out the files in binary Inventor format.  The default is  to
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22       -f   Remove  all SoFile nodes.  This has the effect of condensing hier‐
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25       -h   Print usage message.
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27       -o file
28            Send the output to the given file, instead of to the standard out‐
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31       -t   Expand  SoTexture2  nodes  to  explictly  include the texture data
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EXAMPLES

35       To convert from binary to ASCII Inventor
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37              ivcat < binaryfile.iv > asciifile.iv
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39       To convert from ASCII to binary Inventor:
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SOURCE CODE

44       Note that the source code to ivcat comes  with  the  Open  Inventor  3d
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FILES

48       /usr/share/data/models/*     -     Sample     Inventor    data    files
49       /usr/share/src/Inventor/tools/ivcat/* - Source to ivcat
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SEE ALSO

52       inventor, ivview, noodle, SceneViewer, gview
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