ivview - fast, interactive 3D viewer of Inventor files
ivview [-hpw]
[files | < file]
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.
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.
- ivview < /usr/share/data/models/toys/jackInTheBox.iv
- ivview -w /usr/share/data/models/buildings/Barcelona.iv
- ivview myCameraAndLights.iv myObject.iv
Note that the source code to ivview comes with the Open
Inventor 3D Toolkit.
/usr/share/data/models/* - Sample Inventor data files
/usr/share/src/Inventor/tools/ivview/* - Source to ivview
inventor, ivfix, ivcat, ivinfo, SceneViewer, gview