annotator(1)

NAME
     annotator - 3D Annotation with Digital Media Notes


SYNOPSIS
     annotator [-esRr] [file]


DESCRIPTION
     IRIS Annotator is an authoring environment for annotating 3D models.
     Annotator is based on a 3D geometry viewer for viewing and manipulating
     3D models.  Analogous to 2D redlining, it also allows you to annotate the
     models using 3D markers.  You then create and/or import multi-media notes
     that present additional information about the model, and attach them to
     the markers.  Finally, you can save the annotated model, and mail it to
     others for their review.

     Annotator optionally takes a filename on the command line. The file can
     be an Inventor file or an annotator file from a previous session.  By
     default, annotator starts up with an empty scene if a file is not
     specified. The File menu allows you to Open or Import files.

     For more information please refer to IRIS Annotator User's Guide and the
     online help.

     The following command line options apply to annotator:

       -R      Replace annotator's current scene with the one in the specified
               file.  If no annotator process is running, start one.

       -r      Same as the -R option, but mark the specified scene as new.
               When you subsequently save the scene in annotator it will not
               overwrite the file specified on the command line.  Instead, you
               will be prompted for a file name for the saved scene.

       -e      Start up in edit mode. By default, annotator starts up in
               view-only mode if a file is specified, and edit mode if the
               initial scene is empty.  Use the Edit toggle under the Edit
               menu to switch between edit mode and view-only mode.

       -s      Prevent System Call Notes from being played during marker
               playback (default is to play them, unless user id is root).
               This can be used to prevent potentially dangerous system calls
               from being executed when playing an unknown document.


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     Annotator uses netscape as its default viewer for World Wide Web Link
     notes.  Setting the environment variable WEBBROWSER to xmosaic allows you
     to use the NCSA xmosaic viewer instead.
     During the creation and playback of notes, annotator often creates
     temporary files on disk.  By default, these files are placed in your
     /usr/tmp directory. Setting the environment variable TMPDIR allows you to
     specify a different directory for these files.


WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS TO ANNOTATOR FILES
     If you install SGI's version of the netscape web browser, your
     /usr/local/lib/netscape/mime.types and /usr/local/lib/netscape/mailcap
     files will contain an entry for annotator documents with the file
     extension .ano. In an .html document, following a link to a document with
     the .ano extension will launch annotator with the -r option.


WORLD WIDE WEB HOME PAGE
     http://www.sgi.com/Products/Annotator.html


FILES
     /usr/sbin/annotator            The program
     /usr/share/data/materials      Material palettes
     /usr/share/data/textures       Texture palettes
     /usr/share/data/models         Sample 3D data files
     /usr/share/Annotator           Sample annotated scenes


SEE ALSO
     IRIS Annotator User's Guide, Annotator online help.