1 .\" RCSid "$Id: objline.1,v 1.4 2008/11/10 19:08:17 greg Exp $"

     2 .TH OBJLINE 1 10/27/95 RADIANCE

     3 .SH NAME

     4 objline - create metafile line drawings of RADIANCE object(s)

     5 .SH SYNOPSIS

     6 .B objline

     7 [input ..]

     8 .SH DESCRIPTION

     9 .I Objline

    10 takes one or more RADIANCE scene files and produces four parallel

    11 line projections using calls to

    12 .I rad2mgf(1)

    13 and

    14 .I mgf2meta(1).

    15 The output must be redirected to a suitable destination for

    16 .I metafile(5)

    17 2-d graphics, such as

    18 .I x11meta(1)

    19 or

    20 .I psmeta(1).

    21 .PP

    22 The four projections presented are along the X-axis (displayed in the

    23 upper left quadrant), along the Y-axis (upper right), along the Z-axis

    24 (lower left) and an oblique view (lower right).

    25 If multiple RADIANCE input files are given, they are shown in

    26 different colors and line styles.

    27 (Materials are ignored, so materials files are best left out.)\0

    28 If no input files are given on the command line, the standard input

    29 is read.

    30 .SH EXAMPLES

    31 To create a line drawing of the RADIANCE file "myfile.rad" and

    32 display under X11:

    33 .IP "" .2i

    34 objline myfile.rad | x11meta \-r &

    35 .PP

    36 To create a line drawing of three objects in different colors

    37 and send to the printer:

    38 .IP "" .2i

    39 objline obj1.rad obj2.rad obj3.rad | psmeta | lpr

    40 .PP

    41 To create a line drawing of a room and convert into a 1024x1024 RADIANCE

    42 picture:

    43 .IP "" .2i

    44 objline room.rad | meta2tga \-x 1024 \-y 1024 | ra_t8 \-r > drawing.hdr

    45 .SH AUTHOR

    46 Greg Ward

    47 .SH "SEE ALSO"

    48 meta2tga(1), metafile(5), mgf2meta(1), psmeta(1), ra_t8(1),

    49 rad2mgf(1), x11meta(1)