ivview reads an Inventor file (or files) and provides a simple interface to quickly view 3D data. The
input files must be valid Inventor 3D files (versions 1.0 or 2.0). All the files specified at the
command line are read in and rendered.
ivview presents a single window containing an Inventor viewer (examinerviewer or the walkviewer) and a
menu bar.
Note that if you click and hold the right mouse button, the viewer pop-up capabilities will be displayed.
Also, note that the viewer has a help card that provides detailed instruction on how to use it.
The menu bar contains the following menus:
File
This menu presents a file Open button, (reads an Inventor file and replaces existing object), an
About button, (displays information about the program), and a Quit button.
Options
This menu includes a Highqualitytransparency toggle button that turns the high-quality
transparency option on and off (high quality uses DELAYED_BLEND transparency, low quality uses
SCREEN_DOOR transparency), and an Editbackgroundcolor button that pops up the Inventor Color
Editor to change the background color.
Optimize
This menu includes an Optimizeforspeed toggle button that will run the ivfix utility and a Cullbackfaces toggle button that will insert an SoShapeHints node that will cause only front-facing
polygons to be drawn. When checked, both of these options apply to the current scene and any
scenes read in using the File/Open menu. Note that the ivfix utility completely restructures the
scene, losing any interaction or animation nodes or engines.