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3. _N_e_w__F_e_a_t_u_r_e_s__i_n__2_._1
This chapter describes the changes and additions to Open
Inventor 2.1 since Open Inventor 2.0, that are of interest
to end users. See the Release Notes for the Open Inventor
Development Kit (inventor_dev.man.relnotes) for a complete
list of new and changed features in the toolkit.
_V_i_e_w_e_r _U_s_e_r _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e
Several of the Inventor applications use the standard
Inventor viewers. The user interface for some of these
has changed. See the help cards for the viewers for more
information on the changes. For example, in the
_S_c_e_n_e_V_i_e_w_e_r, click on the '?' icon on the right hand side
of the window, to bring up the help card for the current
viewer.
_V_i_e_w_i_n_g _T_e_x_t_u_r_e-_M_a_p_p_e_d _O_b_j_e_c_t_s
On systems that do not have hardware support for texture
mapping, the Inventor viewers now by default set the
interactive draw style to move without textures. In other
words, while you move the viewpoint, the texture is
disabled. To change this behavior, use the right mouse
button to pop up the "Draw Style" menu to change the draw
style.
_i_v_q_u_i_c_k_e_n _a_n_d _i_v_f_i_x
The _i_v_q_u_i_c_k_e_n utility program is no longer supported. A
new utility program, _i_v_f_i_x, restructures scene graphs for
improved performance
_i_v_v_i_e_w
The _i_v_v_i_e_w program now accepts standard X11 command line
options, such as -geometry and -display.
If you invoke _i_v_v_i_e_w with the -_w command-line option, it
will use the Inventor walk viewer, instead of the default
examiner viewer.
A pulldown menu allows you to run _i_v_f_i_x on the scene
graph, and turn on backface culling.
_i_v_v_i_e_w no longer runs _i_v_q_u_i_c_k_e_n on the input file before
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rendering.
_S_c_e_n_e_V_i_e_w_e_r
_S_c_e_n_e_V_i_e_w_e_r now also supports the new SSSSooooTTTTrrrraaaannnnssssffffoooorrrrmmmmeeeerrrrMMMMaaaannnniiiipppp
manipulator.
_S_c_e_n_e_V_i_e_w_e_r supports drag-and-drop of file icons from the
desktop.