____________________________________________________________________________ SoftimageToIv version 1.0 7/26/95 Copyright (c) 1995 Abaco Systems, Inc. Call with questions Tel: (510) 494-0690 Fremont, CA, USA Fax: (510) 494-0893 or email: 3dsoftware@abaco.com ____________________________________________________________________________ SoftimageToIv converts Softimage model and scene files to Inventor 2.0 files. SoftimageToIv [-h] [-v verbose_setting] [-m] [-l] [-r rsrc_path] [-d input_db] [-c complexity] [-t texture_quality] [-o] [-f] [-i] [-k knot_epsilon] [-g] [outfile] Where Softimage model file to convert. The file can be either a model file (.hrc) or a scene file (.dsc). If is absent input comes from stdin. If is absent output comes to stdout. Inventor file. If is absent output goes to stdout. -h Display this usage guide -v verbose Give feedback on conversion process according to the verbose setting. 0 Do not print any summary. This is the default value. 1 Print a summary of the applied options and a count list of the processed Softimage entities. 2 Print a summary of the applied options, a count list of the processed Softimage entities, and the name of each Softimage entity that is processed. -m Indicates that the input file is a model file (.hrc). If this flag isn't specified the translator assumes that the input file is a scene file (.dsc). -l Use latest version of the given scene. -r rsrc_path Specifies the path where the resources can be found. The default path is /usr/softimage/rsrc -d input_db Specifies the input database. The default is the first database in the DatabaseDir.rsrc file. -c complexity The complexity setting to use in the inventor file. The value ranges from 0.0 (lowest complexity) to 1.0 (highest complexity) with the default being 0.5. -t texture_quality The texture quality setting to use in the inventor file. The value ranges from 0.0 (lowest complexity) to 1.0 (highest complexity) with the default being 0.1. -o Don't convert cameras. This makes it easier to examine the models when they are loaded into ivview. -f Use one normal for each face rather than one normal for each vertex when converting polysets. -i Inherit transformations from parent. This will not produce accurate results if the model uses inverse kinematics or constraints. -k knot_epsilon Inventor has problems tesselating surfaces if the knots are close together If a knot_epsilon is specified, the knot vector will be scaled so that the knots are no closer together than knot_epsilon. The translator will be bundled with SGI computers and available to SGI customers. It is a license from Abaco to SGI for use by SGI customers.