cubicgrid - rotating 3D lattice seen from inside
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Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Vasek Potocek. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software
and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any
purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
Description
This program shows the view of an observer located inside a set of points arranged to a 3D lattice. As
the lattice rotates, various view-throughs appear and evolve. A simple idea with interesting results.
Environment
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the
RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
The window ID to use with --root.
Name
cubicgrid - rotating 3D lattice seen from inside
Options
cubicgrid accepts the following options:
--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
--root Draw on the root window.
--window-idnumber
Draw on the specified window.
--install
Install a private colormap for the window.
--visualvisual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number
(decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
--delaymicroseconds
How long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02 second.
--mono Draw in black and white. If not used, a fixed all-color scheme is chosen.
--speednumber
The maximum speed of the rotation. The actual speed and axis change smoothly for better effect.
0.5 - 10. The default is 1.0.
--zoomnumber
Size of the lattice. Ideally it should fill all the screen, but one may find other values also
interesting. 5 - 50. The default of 20 should do for common screen aspect ratios.
--ticksnumber
The count of points drawn along every axis. 10 - 100. The default is 30.
--bigdots
Draw the points twice as big.
--fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
--symmetrySymmetry
Which crystalographic symmetry system to use. One of "auto", "cubic", or "hexagonal". "auto" will
randomly select between symmetry systems.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
Synopsis
cubicgrid [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--install] [--delay microseconds] [--mono] [--speed number] [--zoom number] [--ticks number] [--bigdots]
[--fps] [--symmetry crystalographicsymmetry]
