---
name: "ivinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "inventor-clients"
version: "2.1.6+ds-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ivinfo"
---

# ivinfo(1)

Prints information about Inventor files

## NAME

ivinfo - Prints information about Inventor files

## SYNOPSIS

**ivinfo** \[**-h**\] \[file\]

## DESCRIPTION

*ivinfo* prints (to standard output) information about the named file. (If no input file is given, *ivinfo* reads from the standard input.) The information includes whether the file is in ASCII or binary format, and, for each scene graph in the file, the number of nodes in the graph and the contents of any *SoInfo* nodes contained in it.

## OPTIONS

The following command line options are allowed:

- **-h**

  Prints out the usage for the command.

## SOURCE CODE

Note that the source code to  *ivinfo* comes with the *Open Inventor 3d Toolkit.*

## FILES

/usr/share/data/models/\* - Sample 3D data files /usr/share/src/Inventor/tools/ivinfo/\* - Source to ivinfo

## SEE ALSO

gview, inventor, ivcat, ivview, drop,  maze, noodle, qmorf, revo, showcase, textomatic