VDECK 1 BRL-CAD BRL-CAD
vdeck generate COM-GEOM decks from a GED file
`vdeck` file.vg

## DESCRIPTION

The `vdeck` tool converts a model into an ASCII text representation separating regions (combinations with the region flag set) and primitives (also known as solids) into separate files. A list of objects to be converted are selected interactively from the table of contents. String matching operators (wild cards) like those used to specify file or directory names in sh 1 are provided for this purpose, as well as to search for names in the table of contents.

One or more COM-GEOM decks can be output. Each deck consists of three files: the solid, region, and region-id tables. These can be combined with cat 1.

A menu of the commands and their usage is available by typing ? to the program.

## WARNING

The `vdeck` tool is intended for v5 BRL-CAD geometry databases only. Files produced by older (v4 and earlier) versions of BRL-CAD may be incompatible with `vdeck` .

## EXAMPLE

In the following example, <model> is the name of the BRL-CAD model and <groupname> is a group or region. Vdeck converts all of the primitives and regions within the specified group into text and writes them out to files:

    > vdeck <model>.g
    command ( ? for menu ) >> i <groupname>
    command ( ? for menu ) >> d
    ===================================================
    O U T P U T F I L E S
    solid table = "solids"
    region table = "regions"
    region identification table = "region_ids"
    command ( ? for menu ) >> q
    quitting...

## FILES

solids

  default solid table output

regions

  default region table output

region_ids

  default region ID table output

*.st

  unique solid table output

*.rt

  unique region table output

*.id

  unique region ID table output

/tmp/dis???

  temporary file used during processing

/tmp/reg???

  temporary file used during processing

## SEE ALSO

cat 1, gedplot 1V, mged 1B

## AUTHORS

Gary S. Moss, BRL/VLD-VMB

Keith Applin, BRL/VLD-TAB

## COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 1986-2024 by the United States Government as represented by U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

## BUG REPORTS

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