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- .so psroff.inc # Include the macros needed for output to Postscript
- .TH Import-SLP
- .SH NAME
- imp_slp \- Pro/Engineer Render ("SLP") geometry import filter
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .PP
- This man page describes the options specific to the Pro/Engineer SLP
- geometry import converter.
- .PP
- .SH EXAMPLE CONVERSION SYNTAX
- .PP
- To convert a Pro/Engineer SLP file to Wavefront using the default parameters listed
- in the setup.ini file:
- .IP
- pt -i slp -o wave filename.slp
- .PP
- To convert a Pro/Engineer SLP file to VRML and override some of the default options
- in setup.ini:
- .IP
- pt -i slp -in-slp-report-statistics = yes -o vrml filename.slp
- .PP
- .SH OVERVIEW
- .PP
- This geometry import converter reads Pro/Engineer SLP ("Render") files which
- are typically exported by Parametric Technologies' Pro/Engineer program.
- .PP
- Rather than applying colors to each polygon vertex (as done inside the SLP
- file), a set of unique colors is computed from the file then these colors are
- used to create NuGraf "surface" definitions, each using a unique color. Thus,
- you can easily modify the surface (material) assignments of a SLP file by
- editing or re-assigning new materials once the SLP file has been imported.
- .PP
- .SH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
- .PP
- The following options are specific to this import converter:
- .TP
- -i slp
- This is the optional command line option which specifies that the input data
- is in the Pro/Engineer SLP file format (ASCII). If not
- specified then the converter will try to guess the input file's format from
- its file extension (.slp) and then from the contents of its file.
- .TP
- -in-slp-report-statistics = [ yes | no ]
- If this option is set to 'yes' then the import converter will print out the number
- of objects and polygons that were parsed from the file.
- .TP
- -in-slp-explode-object = [ yes | no ]
- If this option is set to 'yes' then the imported object will be broken apart
- (exploded) into separate pieces according to the colors assigned to each
- polygon. For example, if the imported file has half of its polygons assigned
- a red color and the other half assigned a white color then the object will be
- broken apart into two separate pieces, each with its own unique material
- (one material will use a red color and the other material will use a white
- color). If this option is not enabled then the imported object will not be
- broken apart.