diff -r d960df03359f -r a5d25b4668ac man/man1/objline.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/man/man1/objline.1 Sun Jun 26 16:57:40 2011 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.\" RCSid "$Id: objline.1,v 1.4 2008/11/10 19:08:17 greg Exp $" +.TH OBJLINE 1 10/27/95 RADIANCE +.SH NAME +objline - create metafile line drawings of RADIANCE object(s) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B objline +[input ..] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Objline +takes one or more RADIANCE scene files and produces four parallel +line projections using calls to +.I rad2mgf(1) +and +.I mgf2meta(1). +The output must be redirected to a suitable destination for +.I metafile(5) +2-d graphics, such as +.I x11meta(1) +or +.I psmeta(1). +.PP +The four projections presented are along the X-axis (displayed in the +upper left quadrant), along the Y-axis (upper right), along the Z-axis +(lower left) and an oblique view (lower right). +If multiple RADIANCE input files are given, they are shown in +different colors and line styles. +(Materials are ignored, so materials files are best left out.)\0 +If no input files are given on the command line, the standard input +is read. +.SH EXAMPLES +To create a line drawing of the RADIANCE file "myfile.rad" and +display under X11: +.IP "" .2i +objline myfile.rad | x11meta \-r & +.PP +To create a line drawing of three objects in different colors +and send to the printer: +.IP "" .2i +objline obj1.rad obj2.rad obj3.rad | psmeta | lpr +.PP +To create a line drawing of a room and convert into a 1024x1024 RADIANCE +picture: +.IP "" .2i +objline room.rad | meta2tga \-x 1024 \-y 1024 | ra_t8 \-r > drawing.hdr +.SH AUTHOR +Greg Ward +.SH "SEE ALSO" +meta2tga(1), metafile(5), mgf2meta(1), psmeta(1), ra_t8(1), +rad2mgf(1), x11meta(1)