Type mged filename, e.g.:
mged s_axle.g mged shaft.g mged fred.gwhere the filename is the name of the UNIX file in which your object description data is stored. It is conventional that the extension ``.g'' on the filename signifies a graphics file, and is a good practice, but is not required. If the named database does not already exist, MGED will ask if it should create a new database. MGED will ask:
%mged new.g
BRL-CAD Release 3.0 Graphics Editor (MGED)
Tue Sep 6 02:52:55 EDT 1988
mike@video:/cad/mged.4d
new.g: No such file or directory
Create new database (y|n)[n]? y
attach (nu|tek|tek4109|ps|plot|sgi)[nu]? sgi
ATTACHING sgi (SGI 4d)
Untitled MGED Database (units=mm)
mged>
Here, the italic type indicates the user's response: y instructs MGED to create the new database, and sgi instructs MGED to attach to a window on the Silicon Graphics (SGI) workstation.
Directives to the graphics editor are made by