G3DVIEWER(1)						      General Commands Manual						      G3DVIEWER(1)

NAME

       g3dviewer - a program to display and inspect 3D models

SYNOPIS

       g3dviewer [options] [<filename>]

DESCRIPTION

       After loading a valid model it should appear on the screen.

       Use the left mouse button to rotate the model. To move the view hold down the SHIFT key and use left mouse button.

       To zoom the model use the scroll wheel or hold the middle mouse button and move the mouse up or down.

       The  right  mouse  button  opens  a context menu where you can open the model information dialog, set some options or change the background
       color.

OPTIONS

       --help Show summary of options

"UNDOCUMENTED" OPTIONS
       There are also some options which are just for development.

       --parse-only
	      Just parse the model and exit.

SUPPORTED FILE TYPES

       .3mf, 3dmf
	      3D Metafiles.

       .3ds, .prj
	      3D Studio objects.

       .b3d   unknown, but 3D Metafile format.

       .cob   Caligary TrueSpace objects.

       .dxf   AutoCAD models.

       .iob   Impulse Turbo Silver / Imagine objects.

       .lw, .lwo, .lwb
	      LightWave objects.

       .md2   Quake 2 models.

       .nff   Neutral File Format objects.

       .obj   Wavefront objects.

       .q3o, .q3s
	      Quick3D objects and scenes.

       .wrl   VRML worlds.

BUGS

       Most import plugins are incomplete. The goal is not to crash on broken input but it is not always reached.

AUTHOR

       g3dviewer was written by Markus Dahms <mad@automagically.de>

								  july 22nd 2005						      G3DVIEWER(1)