3D envelopes of surfaces

How to use the 3D envelopes Demo

Main Functionality

- Reset application
- Creating a new window
- Reading input from triangles file
- Reading input from spheres file
- Reading input from planes file
- Print
- Close the current window
- Quit the application

Reset application

Press Ctrl+N combination keys or go to File menu and choose "New". The points list will be erased, the window's visible area will be set to default. (-1, 1, -1, 1)

Create a new window

Press Ctrl+W combination keys or go to File menu and choose "New Window". A new window will appear, modifying the visible area to make the points list fit in the new window.

Reading input from triangles file

Press Ctrl+O combination keys or go to File menu and choose "Open triangles file". A file dialog will be opened to choose an existing input file.

Reading input from spheres file

Press Ctrl+S combination keys or go to File menu and choose "Open spheres file". A file dialog will be opened to choose an existing input file.

Reading input from planes file

Press Ctrl+H combination keys or go to File menu and choose "Open planes file". A file dialog will be opened to choose an existing input file.

Print

Press Ctrl+P combination keys or go to File menu and choose "Print". The visible area on the screen will be outputed to the print device of your choice.

Close the current window

Press Ctrl+X combination keys or go to File menu and choose "Close". You may do it for any window other than the initial one, this operation will close only the one you have choosen. If you do this for the initial parent window, it will close the others too.

Quit the application

Press Ctrl+Q combination keys or go to File menu and choose "Quit". When you quit the application, all the windows you have created will be destroyed.