NAME

       SceneViewer - 3d editor and viewer for Inventor scenes

SYNOPSIS

       SceneViewer [-e env_file] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       SceneViewer  is a program for viewing and interacting with Inventor scene graph files (the
       SGI 3D file format standard).  SceneViewer was written to demonstrate  Inventor  features,
       and serves as the basis for the IRIS Explorer Render Module.

       When  SceneViewer  is  run, a window appears containing the Inventor examiner viewer and a
       menu bar. The viewer allows the user to interactively change the view of the scene through
       direct  manipulation,  or indirect slider and push button controls.  The menu bar contains
       the following menus:

       File
              This menu supports file reading and writing, and launches a dialog for printing  to
              a printer or to PostScript file.

       Edit
              This  menu  enables  copy and paste of 3D data, selecting all objects, and deleting
              the currently selected objects.

       Viewing
              This menu controls viewing options.  It allows different viewing  paradigms  to  be
              employed:  the  examiner  viewer  which provides a virtual trackball interface, the
              fly-through viewer for traveling through expansive data sets, the walk  viewer  for
              architectural  walk-throughs,  and  the  plane viewer for orthographic projections.
              The menu also enables different types of transparency, fog  effects,  antialiasing,
              and background color controls.

       Selection
              This  menu allows the different selection policies to be demonstrated.  A selection
              policy determines how objects get added and removed from the collection of selected
              objects.

       Editors
              This  menu  launches  the material editor and transform sliders.  An object must be
              selected for the menu to be active.

       Manips
              This menu allows different manipulators to act on the current selection,  including
              the  trackball, handle box, jack, center ball, and transform box.  Manipulators can
              also be turned off, in which case  selected  objects  are  surrounded  with  a  red
              wireframe box highlight.

       Lights
              This  menu  allows directional, point, and spot lights to be created and edited. It
              also allows lights to be turned on and off.

       For more information on how to use the viewers and editors employed by the  scene  viewer,
       please see SceneViewer's runtime help cards.

SOURCE CODE

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

OPTIONS

       The following command line options are allowed:

       -e env_file
              Read  the  passed  environment  file,  and  use the lights, camera, and environment
              settings found there.

FILES

       /usr/share/data/models/*         -         Sample          3D          data          files
       /usr/share/src/Inventor/demos/SceneViewer/* - Source to SceneViewer

SEE ALSO

       drop, gview, inventor, ivcat, ivview, maze, noodle, qmorf, revo, showcase, textomatic

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