IVCAT(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     ivcat - concatenates and converts Inventor	files

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     ivcat [-bfht] [-o file] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     ivcat reads each file in sequence and then	writes each out.  If no	input
     file is given, or a filename of "-" is specified, ivcat reads from	the
     standard input file.  The input files must	be valid Open Inventor 3D
     Interchange Format	files (1.0 or 2.0).

     The following command line	options	are allowed:

     -b	  Write	out the	files in binary	Inventor format.  The default is to
	  write	out the	files in Inventor's ASCII format.

     -f	  Remove all SoFile nodes.  This has the effect	of condensing
	  hierarchical files into a single file.

     -h	  Print	usage message.

     -o	file
	  Send the output to the given file, instead of	to the standard
	  output.

     -t	  Expand SoTexture2 nodes to explictly include the texture data	rather
	  than a file name.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     To	convert	from binary to ASCII Inventor

	  ivcat	< binaryfile.iv	> asciifile.iv

     To	convert	from ASCII to binary Inventor:

	  ivcat	-b < asciifile.iv > binaryfile.iv

SOURCE CODE    [Toc]    [Back]

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

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     inventor, ivview, noodle, SceneViewer, gview


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