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- toolbox/documents/Inventor README
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- This Inventor documents subdirectory contains symlinks of the three
- Inventor PostScript files that live in the toolbox/src/exampleCode/inventor
- subtree.
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- ! see the new toolbox/src/exampleCode/inventor/www www FAQ + Known Bugs,
- Fixes, and Workarounds html information files copied from the Silicon Surf
- www.sgi.com site. access this thru toolbox/www/toolbox.html (consult
- toolbox/www/README).
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- TranslatorGuide: PostScript file for the new "How to Write an Open
- Inventor File Translator" document provides the
- necessary basic info to enable you to write a
- program that translates existing graphics files into
- Open Inventor format.
- It includes the following sections:
- * Background information on the Inventor scene database
- * An example of a simple file translator
- * Tips and suggestions for writing file translators
- For a more complete description of Inventor objects,
- creating a scene database, and applying actions, see
- "The Inventor Mentor", Chapters 1-5 and Chapter 9.
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- The TranslatorGuide and the the QuickRefGuide files can
- be viewed with xpsview, ghostview, or printed on any
- PostScript printer.
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- QuickRefGuide.ps: provides quick reference information on Open Inventor
- nodes. It is especially useful as a quick reference
- for the Inventor file format. The following sections
- are included:
- * A set of tables grouping node classes according to
- general usage,
- * A quick reference table for nodes.
- 19 pages + frontspiece and table of contents
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- OpenInventor3dTK.showcase: 38-page showcase document on the Open Inventor
- 3d Toolkit.
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- from the README in sgi.com's ~ftp/sgi/inventor subdir:
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- DxfToIv.man: DxfToIv is a utility that converts AutoCAD's
- "DXF" format files to Inventor files.
- (The binary, DxfToIv is located in
- toolbox/src/exampleCode/inventor).
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