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KEYBOARD COMMANDS

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




Wed Feb 16 13:46:53 EST 1994