VDECK(1)

NAME

vdeck - generate COM-GEOM decks from a GED file

SYNOPSIS

vdeck file.vg

DESCRIPTION

The vdeck tool converts a model into an ASCII text representation separating regions (combinations with the region flag set) and primitives (also known as solids) into separate files. A list of objects to be converted are selected interactively from the table of contents. String matching operators (wild cards) like those used to specify file or directory names in -sh(1)- are provided for this purpose, as well as to search for names in the table of contents.

One or more COM-GEOM decks can be output. Each deck consists of three files: the solid, region, and region-id tables. These can be combined with -cat(1)-.

A menu of the commands and their usage is available by typing ? to the program.

WARNING

The vdeck tool is intended for v5 BRL-CAD geometry databases only. Files produced by older (v4 and earlier) versions of BRL-CAD may be incompatible with vdeck .

EXAMPLE

In the following example, <model> is the name of the BRL-CAD model and <groupname> is a group or region. Vdeck converts all of the primitives and regions within the specified group into text and writes them out to files:

> vdeck <model>.g
command ( ? for menu ) >> i <groupname>
command ( ? for menu ) >> d
===================================================
O U T P U T F I L E S
solid table = "solids"
region table = "regions"
region identification table = "region_ids"
command ( ? for menu ) >> q
quitting...

FILES

solids: default solid table output
regions: default region table output
region_ids: default region ID table output
*.st: unique solid table output
*.rt: unique region table output
*.id: unique region ID table output
/tmp/dis???: temporary file used during processing
/tmp/reg???: temporary file used during processing

AUTHORS

Gary S. Moss, BRL/VLD-VMB

Keith Applin, BRL/VLD-TAB

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BUG REPORTS

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org