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• Geomview User Manual
  The complete user manual for Geomview. It includes documentation for OOGL, Geomview's data file format.
  • Browse HTML version
    Links into some especially useful sections of the online manual:
    • Geomview Tutorial
    • OOGL File Format Reference
    • GCL Reference
  • Download printable PDF version (868K)

• OOGL Tutorial
  An introduction to the OOGL file format that is separate from the manual. The compete OOGL details are in the manual mentioned above, but what's there is primarily reference documentation. This tutorial is a good place to start learning about the format.

• software@geom archive
  Database of support mail and response from the Geometry Center's 'software' alias; includes many questions and answers related to Geomview, as well as messages from users about what they're doing with Geomview.

• Man pages
  for most executables included in the distribution.

• Using Geomview with Maple
  • savegvplot.mws Maple worksheet
  • gvplot.mapleV8 Maple program

• Using Geomview with Mathematica

• Short Tutorial on Geomview
• Frequently. Asked Questions

Distribution

Runtime

• Hotkey sequences:
  Hit the '?' key when the mouse is in any of the Geomview windows to see a brief list of all possible hotkey shortcuts.

• Geomview Command Lanuage (GCL):
  In the Command panel (hotkey sequence "PC"), type

  • (? command) for a one line usage summary

  • (?? command) for command details

  The command argument to "?" and "??" can include wildcard characters.
  The special case of (? *) results in a brief list of all possible GCL commands.