ivcat(1)

NAME
     ivcat - concatenates and converts Inventor files

SYNOPSIS
     ivcat [-bfht] [-o file] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
     ivcat reads each file in sequence and then writes each out.  If no input
     file is given, or a filename of "-" is specified, ivcat reads from the
     standard input file.  The input files must be valid Open Inventor 3D
     Interchange Format files (1.0 or 2.0).

     The following command line options are allowed:

     -b   Write out the files in binary Inventor format.  The default is to
          write out the files in Inventor's ASCII format.

     -f   Remove all SoFile nodes.  This has the effect of condensing
          hierarchical files into a single file.

     -h   Print usage message.

     -o file
          Send the output to the given file, instead of to the standard
          output.

     -t   Expand SoTexture2 nodes to explictly include the texture data rather
          than a file name.

EXAMPLES
     To convert from binary to ASCII Inventor

          ivcat < binaryfile.iv > asciifile.iv

     To convert from ASCII to binary Inventor:

          ivcat -b < asciifile.iv > binaryfile.iv

SOURCE CODE
     Note that the source code to ivcat comes with the Open Inventor 3d
     Toolkit.

FILES
     /usr/share/data/models/* - Sample Inventor data files
     /usr/share/src/Inventor/tools/ivcat/* - Source to ivcat

SEE ALSO
     inventor, ivview, noodle, SceneViewer, gview