NAME
loch -- Therion model viewer
SYNOPSIS
loch
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents loch, which is part of the therion-viewer
package.
loch is a 3D viewer which displays .loc files produced by therion and
allows them to be examined.
OPTIONS
loch takes no options.
BASIC CONTROL
Key and Mouse Controls
Function Mouse action Key
Zoom & Rotate Left click + drag
Zoom only T{
Left click + drag up/down, then hold left and click right
T} Ctrl + Up/Down
Rotate only T{
Left click + drag left/right, then hold left and click right
T} Left/Right
Pan Right click + drag Shift + Arrows
Tilt T{
Middle (wheel) click + drag or wheel rotate
T} Up/Down
Full screen Left double click F11
Context menu Right click
If continuous rotation is turned on, then rotation mouse movements
change the speed or direction of rotation. If rotation is locked, then
rotation mouse movements have no effect.
OFF SCREEN RENDERING
Loch is able to render large bitmaps that can be afterwards post
processed and printed. Bitmaps can be exported in PDF, PNG or BMP
formats. Configuration of export is done via the Rendering setup
dialog. You can set the following features:
Size and Scaling
Screen shot: Screen copy will be saved into a file with no other
changes.
Image width: The screen image will be exported with the specified
width.
Image height: The screen image will be exported with the specified
height.
Scale: The screen image will be exported with the specified scale.
Image options
Rendering resolution: Resolution of the image file used when image size
or scale are specified.
Image size: Image size in pixels and uncompressed bytes calculated from
previous settings.
White background: Force white background in exported image.
KNOWN BUGS
Sometimes empty rectangles appear in off screen rendered file.
Changing the window size usually helps.
* Surface texture does not work.
* Stereo mode does not work correctly on some graphics adapters.
* This help does not work.
SEE ALSO
therion (1), xtherion (1).
For full information see the Therion Manual in /usr/doc/therion/thbook
which describes therion-viewer and its use in detail.
AUTHOR
This manual page was adapted from existing docs by Wookey
wookey@debian.org for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence, Version 2 or any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
THERION(1)