fracplanet - Create and view random fractal terrain and planets.
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Description
Fracplanet generates random planets and terrain with oceans, mountains, icecaps and rivers. Parameters
are specified interactively and the results displayed using OpenGL. The generated objects can be
exported for Pov-Ray or Blender.
A document fully describing usage via the application's GUI is accessible from the application's "About"
menu once it is running.
General Options
<QtOptions> Standard options recognised by the Qt toolkit (for example -geometry<width>x<height> Note
that these use the single-dash option style. ).
--help,-h Display a list of recognised arguments.
--verbose,-v Display information about fracplanet and the GL graphics system it's running on.
Name
fracplanet - Create and view random fractal terrain and planets.
Rendering Options
These affect the initial settings on the render controls tab, which controls the OpenGL display.
--display-list,-d Start up the application with rendering in display list mode by default (c.f immediate
mode). This is particularly useful when the application is running remotely as the generated meshes are
then only sent to the local OpenGL display hardware once.
--invert-mouse-y,-y Start application with mouse in non-joystick mode for flight.
--wireframe,-w Start application with rendering set to wireframe mode.
See Also
blenderpovray
Synopsis
fracplanet [ <QtOptions> ] [ --help ] [ --verbose ] [ --display-list ] [ --invert-mouse-y ] [ --wireframe
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