cat2pfb(3pf)

NAME
     cat2pfb - CATIA Version 4.x to OpenGL Performer (pfb) file converter

SYNOPSIS
     cat2pfb -i modelDir -o outputDir [-c sag] [-s step] -t
     [performer|pftess|catia]

DESCRIPTION
     cat2pfb is a standalone program which converts all of the models from a
     specified modelDir to pfb format.

     The modelDir argument must be specified in the users' CATIA environment
     as a model directory. You can view the list of directories by iussuing
     the following command from within the CATIA environment:

     catpath -d -p -a -n -l CATIA.MODEL

     The outputDir specifies the location of the output files generated by the
     converter. The conversion will process all of the models in the specified
     CATIA.MODEL directory.

     The -c option which specifies the sag value is only necessary when using
     the -t catia option. The same applies to the -s value specified for the
     step. These two values indicate the maximum sag (otherwise known as
     chordal deviance) to be used when tessellating surfaces and the maximum
     size of the triangles which will be generated. They are honored by
     CATIA's tessellation routines.

     The -t option specifies which tessellation method to use when performing
     the conversion. Specifying performer will cause the geometry to be
     processed and converted to higher level reps but no geosets will be
     created.  If instead the -t pftess option is used the reps will be
     tessellated using the OpenGL Performer tessellator and the sag value will
     be used as the chordal deviance tolerance for the tessellator. Finally,
     if the -t catia option is used, CATIA's tessellator will be invoked and
     no higher level information regarding the surfaces will be stored within
     the model.

     EXAMPLE USE:

     cat2pfb -i MODEL_DIRECTORY -o /tmp -t performer

     will process all of the files in the CATIA.MODEL directory specified by
     the alias 'DB' and place the output in /tmp storing solely the surface
     information in untessellated format.


     Note:  cat2pfb is only supported on IRIX.