NAME

       ivview - fast, interactive 3D viewer of Inventor files

SYNOPSIS

       ivview [-hpw]
        [files | < file]

DESCRIPTION

       ivview  reads  an Inventor file (or files) and provides a simple interface to quickly view
       3D data. The input files must be valid Inventor 3D files (versions 1.0 or 2.0).   All  the
       files specified at the command line are read in and rendered.

       ivview presents a single window containing an Inventor viewer (examiner viewer or the walk
       viewer) and a menu bar.

       Note that if you click and hold the right mouse button,  the  viewer  pop-up  capabilities
       will  be  displayed.   Also,  note  that the viewer has a help card that provides detailed
       instruction on how to use it.

       The menu bar contains the following menus:

       File
              This menu presents a file  Open  button,  (reads  an  Inventor  file  and  replaces
              existing  object), an About button, (displays information about the program), and a
              Quit button.

       Options
              This menu includes a High quality transparency toggle button that turns  the  high-
              quality   transparency   option   on  and  off  (high  quality  uses  DELAYED_BLEND
              transparency, low quality uses SCREEN_DOOR transparency), and  an  Edit  background
              color button that pops up the Inventor Color Editor to change the background color.

       Optimize
              This  menu  includes  an  Optimize  for speed toggle button that will run the ivfix
              utility and a Cull backfaces toggle button that will insert  an  SoShapeHints  node
              that  will  cause  only  front-facing  polygons to be drawn.  When checked, both of
              these options apply to the current scene and any scenes read in using the File/Open
              menu.   Note  that  the ivfix utility completely restructures the scene, losing any
              interaction or animation nodes or engines.

OPTIONS

       The following command line options are allowed:

       -h     Prints the usage message for ivview.

       -p     Enables the performance meter.  Off by default.

       -w     Use an SoXtWalkViewer instead of the default SoXtExaminerViewer.  Off  by  default.
              This option is incompatible with the -p option.

EXAMPLES

              ivview < /usr/share/data/models/toys/jackInTheBox.iv

              ivview -w /usr/share/data/models/buildings/Barcelona.iv

              ivview myCameraAndLights.iv myObject.iv

SOURCE CODE

       Note that the source code to ivview comes with the Open Inventor 3D Toolkit.

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

       inventor, ivfix, ivcat, ivinfo, SceneViewer, gview

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