CydandClaude Fable 5
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Un-ignored: the dev drive is the ground truth the restoration and emulator work constantly reference (DPL3/LIBDPL + VRENDER i860 renderer source, BT/RP live+dev game trees, VGL_LABS pod boot, scene/audio content). Kept in-repo for the pod-owner community. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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VIZPC HELP FILE
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THIS FILE HAS THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURE -
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THE FIRST 3 CHARS OF EACH LINE CONTAINS THE KEYWORD
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THE USER GIVES A KEYWORD AND THE PROGRAM SEARCHES
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UNTIL IT FINDS IT. ALL LINES ARE THEN OUTPUTTED UNTIL
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A NON BLANK KEYWORD IS FOUND.
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"???" IS USED IF NO MATCH IS FOUND IN THE FILE
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???
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Rectangular prism "REC" Cylinder "CYL"
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Extruded shape "EXT" Rotated shape "REV"
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Pyramid shape "PYR" Sphere "SPH"
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Hemisphere "HEM" Manual input "MAN"
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File input "REA" Change colour "CHA"
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Move "MOV" Copy "COP"
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Rotate "ROT" Scale "SCA"
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Edit "EDI" Search "SEA"
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Delete "DEL" Group "GRO"
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Ungroup "UNG" Totals "TOT"
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Invert "INV" Set Colour "SET"
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Menu "MEN" Bottle "BOT"
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List "LIS" Dump to file "SAV"
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Draw "DRA" Define Macro "DEF"
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Identify "IDE" Axonometric "AXO"
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Window "WIN" Help "HEL"
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Finish "QUI"
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KEY
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The following keywords are recognised -
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HELp RECtangle EXTrude REVolution
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DRAw PYRamid CYLinder MANual
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IDEntify SET colour BOTtle MOVe
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SEArch COPy ROTate SCAle
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INVert EDIt DELete LISt
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SAVe AXOnometric GROup UNGroup
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REAd CHAnge colour TOTals WINdow
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SECtion MENu SPHere HEMisphere
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DEFine Zoom QUIt
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HEL
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Help "HEL"
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The user is asked to input a Keyword (only first 3
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chars. significant). If it matches any of the known
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Keywords then that section of text is output.
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If it fails to find the 3 chars input then a list of
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the menu options is output.
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"KEY" gives a list of the recognised Keywords.
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ZOO
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Zoom window
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A window-zoom using the mouse (hold a button pressed)
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can be performed everywhere graphical input is possible.
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P.e. when in axonometric view, search, plan view etc.
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DEF
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Define macro "DEF"
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The user can define a macro by chosing function-key under
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DOS and a numeric key under X-windows for executing this
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macro, until an ESCape is encountered all commands are
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stored in this macro (file).
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NOTE: The mouse cannot be used to select a command when
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defining a macro!!!!
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REC
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Rectangular prism "REC"
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This shape is created by defining the origin
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(minimum X,Y,Z co-ordinate) and the size of
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the prism (DX,DY,DZ).
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This shape is always created orthoganal to the axes.
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CYL
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Cylinder "CYL"
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Creates a vertical cylinder.
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The user inputs the radius and the number of segments,
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the minimum and maximum height and the (X,Y) position
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of the centre of the shape.
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EXT
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Extruded shape "EXT"
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This shape is created by digitizing the section and then
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specifying the length of the shape by defining minimum and
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maximum co-ordinates.
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The section may be defined in either the XY, YZ or XZ plane.
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The size of the grid is specified.
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See "SEC" for list of commands to define section.
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SEC
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The following commands may be used when inputing
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the section -
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'E' - end section
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'D' - delete last vertex
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'C' - define circular section
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'A' - line at defined angle and length
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'X' - line at defined angle to X value
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'Y' - line at defined angle to Y value
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'P' - select point not on grid
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'?' - show position
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REV
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Rotated shape "REV"
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Creates an approximation to a solid of revolution.
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A section is created using the same interface as the
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"EXT" option.
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The user then defines the number of rotated segments
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and the rotated angle of each.
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See "SEC" for list of commands to define section.
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PYR
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Pyramid shape "PYR"
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Creates a pyramid with its base in the XY plane.
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The base is defined as a section in the same interface as
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in the "EXT" option. The user then inputs the Z of that
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plane and the (X,Y,Z) of the point of the pyramid.
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See "SEC" for list of commands to define section.
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SPH
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Sphere "SPH"
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Creates a sphere.
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The user defines the radius and the number of segments to
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be created. Center is always (0,0,0). Use MOVe to relocate
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the sphere.
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HEM
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Hemisphere "HEM"
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Creates a hemisphere.
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The user defines the radius and the number of segments to
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be created. Center is always (0,0,0). Use move to relocate
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the hemisphere.
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MAN
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Manual input "MAN"
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The user is prompted to define the vertices and surfaces
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defining the body.
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The required input is -
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Number of vertices
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Number of surfaces
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(X,Y,Z) of each vertex
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for each surface -
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Number of vertices in surface
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List of vertices in a clockwise direction.
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REA
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File input "REA"
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Reads into the database an existing data file.
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If the user gives a filename without an file type then the
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default file type of ".VIZ" is supplied, otherwise the name
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given by the user is accepted.
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If DIR is inputted the user can get a list of files of a chosen
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directory.
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For exact definition of legal filenames see -
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"DOS User's Guide".
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MOV
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Move "MOV"
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The user selects whether to move relatively or absolutely.
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You can move a group or a number of patches.
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If a relative move is requested then the user inputs the
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dx, dy and dz values.
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If an absolute move is requested then the origin of the body
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is printed and the user gives the X,Y,Z coordinate that this
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point is to be moved to.
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COP
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Copy "COP"
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Copy a group or a number of patches with the given displacement.
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User inputs DX, DY, DZ .
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ROT
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Rotate "ROT"
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A group or a number of patches is rotated by the given
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angle about the selected axis (X, Y or Z).
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The user may define the origin of rotation.
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SCA
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Scale "SCA"
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Scale a group or a number of patches.
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The user inputs a scaling factor for the scaling to be
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performed about each axis.
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A scaling factor of 1.0 means no change of scale.
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Reflections are defined by giving a negative scaling factor.
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Scaling factors of 0.0 can give erroneous results.
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EDI
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Edit "EDI"
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With this option you get possibilities to manually
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change the 'contents' of a patch. You can change the
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position of a vertex, delete verts, add verts and strips.
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You can change a value (X,Y and/or Z) through a patch/strip.
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You can change surface-normal orientation of a patch/strip.
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DEL
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Delete "DEL"
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You have four options to choose from:
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1) ALL , all patches are deleted.
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2) Undelete , all deleted patches are recovered.
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3) Group , all patches in the specified group are deleted.
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4) Patch , a or a number off patches is deleted.
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GRO
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Group "GRO"
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This option associates patches so that they may be considered
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as a single entity. You can perform transformations on a group
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as a whole.
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Patches can only belong to one group.
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UNG
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Ungroup "UNG"
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This option is used to remove any associations which exist
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between patches.
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Three options to ungroup are available:
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1) All , all patches are removed from all groups
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in fact they all become member of the default
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group '0'.
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2) Group, You remove patches from a specified group.
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3) Patches, You remove specified patches from their group.
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LIS
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List "LIS"
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Lists the vertices and strips in a patch.
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If patch 0 is chosen a short list of patches is shown.
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SAV
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Dump to file "SAV"
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The contents of the database is outputted to the given file.
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If the user gives a filename without an file type then the
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default file type of ".VIZ" is supplied, otherwise the name
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given by the user is accepted.
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For exact definition of legal filenames see -
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"DOS User's Guide".
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DRA
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Draw "DRA"
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This gives the user 4 options -
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1. Plan (You can 'window-zoom')
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2. XZ Elevation (You can 'window-zoom')
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3. YZ Elevation (You can 'window-zoom')
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4. All 3 views (You canNOT 'window-zoom')
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The pictures are drawn to the current window parameters
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which may be changed using the "WIN" command.
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IDE
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Identify "IDE"
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This option helps the user to keep track of the patches in the
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database.
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(You can 'window-zoom')
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A plan view of the database is displayed and the choosen
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patch or group is highlighted (blue).
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SEA
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Search "SEA"
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This option only works with a mouse !!!!!!!
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The entire database is displayed in an axonometric view.
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By pointing to one of the lines of a patch and clicking one
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of the mouse-buttons the patchnumber and stripnumber is
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displayed.
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(You can 'window-zoom')
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INV
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Invert "INV"
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This option reverses the orientation of the surfacenormals
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of all strips in a selected group or number of patches.
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SET
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Set colour "SET"
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Set the default colour of all entities created after this
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command.
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AXO
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Axonometric view "AXO"
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A axonometric view of the whole database is shown using
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a given vector as viewdirection.
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(You can 'window-zoom')
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CHA
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Change colour "CHA"
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You can change the colour of a number of patches or a given
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group.
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MEN
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Menu "MEN"
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A full list of commands available is shown.
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BOT
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Bottle "BOT"
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This is an alternative way to create a solid of revolution.
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Section of this solid are inputted manually and you cannot
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create a toroide using this command.
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WIN
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Window "WIN"
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With this option you generate a 3D-viewport.
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You can choose to input this window manually,
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or let the program calculate a window around the
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whole database.
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TOT
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Totals "TOT"
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With this choice you see the contents of your database.
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Number of patches, strips and vertices.
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The available memory is also displayed.
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QUI
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Finish "QUI"
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Exit the program.
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If the user selects this option without dumping the database
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to a viewer file then the contents are lost.
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To avoid the accidental use of this command a confirmation
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is requested by the program.
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