Geomview Manual
What Is Geomview?
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Overview
Tutorial
Interaction
Starting Geomview
Command Line Options
Basic Interaction: The Main Panel
Loading Objects Into Geomview
Using the Mouse to Manipulate Objects
Selecting a Point of Interest
Changing the Way Things Look
The Appearance Panel
The Materials Panel
The Lighting Panel
Cameras
Saving your work
The Commands Panel
Keyboard Shortcuts
OOGL File Formats
Conventions
Syntax Common to All OOGL File Formats
File Names
Vertices
Surface normal directions
Transformation matrices
Binary format
Embedded objects and external-object references
Appearances
Texture Mapping
Object File Formats
QUAD: collection of quadrilaterals
MESH: rectangularly-connected mesh
Bezier Surfaces
OFF Files
VECT Files
SKEL Files
SPHERE Files
INST Files
INST Examples
LIST Files
TLIST Files
GROUP Files
DISCGRP Files
COMMENT Objects
Non-geometric objects
Transform Objects
cameras
window
Customization:
`.geomview'
files
External Modules
How External Modules Interface with Geomview
Example 1: Simple External Module
Example 2: Simple External Module with FORMS Control Panel
The FORMS Library
Example 3: External Module with Bi-Directional Communication
Example 4: Simple Tcl/Tk Module Demonstrating Picking
Module Installation
Private Module Installation
System Module Installation
gcl: the Geomview Command Language
Conventions Used In Describing Argument Types
Gcl Reference Guide
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Mathematica Graphics in Geomview or RenderMan
Using Mathematica to generate OOGL files
Using Geomview as Mathematica's Default 3D Display
Using Mathematica to generate RenderMan files
Using Geomview and Mathematica on Different Computers
Using a Networked Geomview Host
Transporting Mathematica Files to Geomview by Hand
Details of the Mathematica->Geomview Package
Installing the Mathematica Packages
Installation
Installing the SGI Binary Distribution
Details of the SGI Binary Installation
Installing the NeXT Binary Distribution
Details of the NeXTStep Binary Installation
Compiling and Installing the Source Code Distribution
Obtaining Geomview
Function Index