Re: [Update REQ 6140]: Hardcopy

[Dellara at washington.engr.ukans.edu]

daemon at geom.umn.edu wrote:
> 
> From: Stuart Levy <slevy>
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 11:49:56 -0600
> Message-Id: <199703191749.LAA13230 at morse.geom.umn.edu>
> To: software@geom.umn.edu
> Subject: Re:  [ REQ 6140]: Hardcopy
> 
> > How can I creat a postscript file of the image???
> 
> Do you mean an image from geomview?
> If so, there are a couple of ways, depending on the version of geomview you've
> got, and the kind of machine you're using.
> 
> Under older (pre-1.6.1) versions of geomview, only the SGI version had an
> "SGI snapshot" option under the "Save" menu.  It would save whatever was
> currently shown in the graphics window into an SGI-format image file.
> The SGI program "tops" could convert this to postscript; you could also
> pick up one of the generic image conversion packages, like ImageMagick,
> from the net; it can also convert an SGI image file directly into Postscript.
> You could invoke this from the command language, too, using a command like
>   (snapshot  Camera  image1.sgi)
> 
> In the current geomview-1.6.1 release, all versions have ways of taking
> snapshots in at least PPM (another common image format) and Postscript forms.
> The Postscript driver produces nice sharp output, good for printing, but
> can fail dramatically in hidden-surface removal; you just have to try it
> to see whether it gives a good likeness of what you see on the screen.
> Or, you could save in PPM format, and again use an image-conversion package
> like ImageMagick to create Postscript.
> 
> If you'd like more information, let us know.
> 
>   Stuart Levy, Geometry Center
> 
> assign: slevy
> state: closed
> 
Thanks for the reply,

I'd appreciate if you could give me the instructions to creat a postscript and/or ppm 
snapshot in geomview-1.6.1 on SUN machines. Thank you.