ivview(1)

1ivview(1)                   General Commands Manual                  ivview(1)
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NAME

6       ivview - fast, interactive 3D viewer of Inventor files
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SYNOPSIS

9       ivview [-hpw]
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DESCRIPTION

13       ivview  reads  an Inventor file (or files) and provides a simple inter‐
14       face to quickly view 3D data. The input files must be valid Inventor 3D
15       files  (versions  1.0  or 2.0).  All the files specified at the command
16       line are read in and rendered.
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18       ivview presents a single window containing an Inventor viewer (examiner
19       viewer or the walk viewer) and a menu bar.
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21       Note that if you click and hold the right mouse button, the viewer pop-
22       up capabilities will be displayed.  Also, note that the  viewer  has  a
23       help card that provides detailed instruction on how to use it.
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25       The menu bar contains the following menus:
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27       File
28              This  menu  presents a file Open button, (reads an Inventor file
29              and replaces existing object), an About button, (displays infor‐
30              mation about the program), and a Quit button.
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33              This  menu  includes  a  High quality transparency toggle button
34              that turns the high-quality transparency option on and off (high
35              quality   uses  DELAYED_BLEND  transparency,  low  quality  uses
36              SCREEN_DOOR transparency), and an Edit background  color  button
37              that  pops up the Inventor Color Editor to change the background
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40       Optimize
41              This menu includes an Optimize for speed toggle button that will
42              run  the  ivfix  utility and a Cull backfaces toggle button that
43              will insert an SoShapeHints node that will cause only front-fac‐
44              ing  polygons  to be drawn.  When checked, both of these options
45              apply to the current scene and any  scenes  read  in  using  the
46              File/Open menu.  Note that the ivfix utility completely restruc‐
47              tures the scene, losing any interaction or  animation  nodes  or
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OPTIONS

51       The following command line options are allowed:
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53       -h     Prints the usage message for ivview.
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55       -p     Enables the performance meter.  Off by default.
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57       -w     Use an SoXtWalkViewer instead of the default SoXtExaminerViewer.
58              Off by default.  This option is incompatible with the -p option.
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EXAMPLES

61              ivview < /usr/share/data/models/toys/jackInTheBox.iv
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63              ivview -w /usr/share/data/models/buildings/Barcelona.iv
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65              ivview myCameraAndLights.iv myObject.iv
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SOURCE CODE

69       Note that the source code to ivview comes with  the  Open  Inventor  3D
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FILES

73       /usr/share/data/models/*     -     Sample     Inventor    data    files
74       /usr/share/src/Inventor/tools/ivview/* - Source to ivview
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