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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