G-ACAD(1)

NAME
g-acad - Convert from BRL-CAD format to Lockheed Martin's ACAD format

SYNOPSIS
g-acad [-vi] [-xX lvl] [-e error_file] [-D calculation_tolerance ] [-a abs_tol] [-r rel_tol] [-n norm_tol] [-o ACAD_file] database.g object(s)

DESCRIPTION
g-acad converts the specified object(s) from a BRL-CAD database.g file to the in-house Lockheed Martin's Advanced Computer-Aided Design (ACAD) file format (formerly the General Dynamics ACAD file format). This converter has NOT connected with Autodesk Inc.'s AutoCAD file format. The -x option specifies an RT debug flag and the -X option specifies an NMG debug flag. The -a , -r , and -n options specifiy tesselation tolerances. The -D option specifies a calculational distance tolerance (mm). Any two vertices that are less than this distance apart will be treated as the same vertex. The -v option requests verbose output. The -i option requests the output file units to be inches (the default is mm). The -o option specifies the mame of the file to receive the output (stdout is the default). The -e option specifies a file for receiving the error messages.

EXAMPLE
    $ g-acad -o sample.ACAD sample.g sample_object

DIAGNOSTICS
Error messages are intended to be self-explanatory.

AUTHORS
John Anderson
William Mermagen, Jr.

SOURCE
SLAD/BVLD/VMB Advanced Computer Systems Team
The U. S. Army Research Laboratory
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

BUG REPORTS
Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to <devs@brlcad.org>.