The MGED keyboard commands are used to maintain overall control of the system and to perform general housekeeping functions. They are summarized below.
Key Argument[s] Description e obj1* obj2* ... objn* display objects on the screen E obj1* obj2* ... objn* display objects evaluating regions B obj1* obj2* ... objn* Zap screen, display objects d obj1* obj2* ... objn* delete objects from screen cp oldobj newobj copy 'oldobj' to 'newobj' cpi oldtgc newtgc copy 'oldtgc' to 'newtgc' inverted Z -none- Zap (clear) the screen g groupname obj1* obj2*....objn* group objects r region op1 sol1....opn soln create/modify a region i object instname create instance of an object mv oldname newname rename object mvall oldname newname rename all occurences of an object l object* list object information kill obj1* obj2* ... objn* remove objects from the file killall obj1* obj2* ... objn* remove object[s] + references from file killtree obj1* objn* ... objn* remove complete paths **CAREFUL** t object* table of contents mirror oldobj newobj axis mirror image of an object mirface \#\#\#\# axis mirror face \#\#\#\# about an axis extrude \#\#\#\# distance extrude an arb face item region item air change region item/air codes mater region material los change region mat/los codes rm comb mem1* mem2*....memn* delete members from combination units mm|cm|m|in|ft change the units of the objectfile title new-title change the title of the description p dx [dy dz] precise commands for solid editing rotobj xdeg ydeg zdeg rotate(absolute) an edited object scale factor scale(absolute) an edited object translate x y z translate an edited object arb name rot fb make arb8 with rot and fb analyze solids print much info about a solid summary s|r|g solid/region/group summary tops -none- list all top level objects find obj1* obj2* ... objn* find all references to an object area [endpoint-tolerance] find presented area of E'd objects MGED Command Summary 1 Key Argument[s] Description plot [-zclip] [-2d] [out-file] [| filter] make UNIX-plot of view color low high r g b str assign color(r g b) to item range edcolor -none- text edit the color/item assignments prcolor -none- print the current color/item assignments make name type create and display a primitive fix -none- restart the display after hangup rt [options] raytrace view onto framebuffer release -none- release current display processor attach nu|tek|tek4109|plot|mg|vg|rat attach new display processor ae az elev rotate view w/azim and elev angles regdef item [air los mat] set default codes for next region created ted -none- text edit a solids parameters vrot xdeg ydeg zdeg rotate view ill name illuminate object sed solidname solid edit the named solid center x y z set view center press button-label emulate button press knob id value emulate knob twist size value set view size x -none- debug list of objects displayed status -none- print view status refresh -none- send new control list edcomb comb flag item air mat los edit comb record info edgedir delta\_x delta\_y delta\_z define direction of an ARB edge being moved in name type {parameters} type-in a new solid directly prefix string obj1* obj2* ... objn* prefix objects with 'string' keep file.g obj1* obj2* ... objn* keep objects in 'file.g' tree obj1* obj2* ... objn* list tree for objects inside --prompted for input-- find inside solid MGED Command Summary 2 Key Argument[s] Description solids file obj1* obj2* ... objn* make ascii solid parameter summary in 'file' regions file obj1* obj2* ... objn* make ascii region summary in 'file' idents file obj1* obj2* ... objn* make ascii region ident summary in 'file' edcodes obj1* obj2* ... objn* edit region ident codes dup file {prefix} checks for dup names in 'file' \& current file cat file {prefix} cat's 'file' onto end of current file track --prompted for input-- builds track given appropriate 'wheel' data 3ptarb --prompted for input-- makes arb8 given 3 pts, etc. rfarb --prompted for input-- makes arb8 given point, rot, fallback, etc whichid ident1 ident2 ... identn list all regions with given ident paths --prompted for input-- lists all paths matching input path listeval --prompted for input-- gives 'evaluated' path summary copyeval --prompted for input-- copy an 'evaluated' path-solid tab obj1* obj2* ... objn* list objects as stored in data file push obj1* obj2* ... objn* push object transformations to solids facedef \#\#\#\# {data} define plane of an edited ARB face eqn A B C define plane coefficients of rotating ARB face q -none- quit % -none- escape to shell ? -none- help message MGED Command Summary 3