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Usage

moonlight [-h] [-mlrc] [-gamma] [-display] [-fs] [-debug]

moonlight -convert [-outname <out_scene_name>] [-db <database_path>] [-v] [-rv] [-dxfl2o] [-nw] <infile>

Overview

Moonlight Creator is a graphical environement in which you can do modelling, illuminating and rendering of 3D objects and scenes.

Interface

Clicking on a 3D window does nothing. You have to tell Moonlight to use a mode. A mode defines the type of action you want to do. Use the mouse to perform the action. You enter a mode by pressing its associated mode-key.

Example: The Select mode-key is Space. For selecting an object:

press and hold Space key

select the object with the mouse

release Space

Keys

o: Orbit camera about the focus point

p: Walk forward or backward

z: Zoom/Unzoom (Button 2), Pan (Button 1)

space: Select object (or area for raytracing)

backspace: Delete object

h: Hide/Unhide object

i: Get object information

d: Duplicate an object

alt-d: Instantiate an object

f: Set hierarchy (Select child and then its father)

x: Scale selection

alt-x: Coordinate Scaling (Button 1=X,Button 2=Y,Button 3=Z)

c: Rotate selection (get a headache)

alt-c: Coordinate Rotation (Button 1=X,Button 2=Y,Button 3=Z)

v: Translate selection

alt-v: Coordinate Translation (Button 1=X,Button 2=Y,Button 3=Z)

u: Undo (Button 1=undo,Button 3=redo)

r: Refresh screen (no mouse action)

C: Orient Z axis of an object (Button 1=-Z,Button 3=+Z) (still doesn't work very well...)

t: Tag vertices (Button 1=toggle,Button 2=select,Button 3=unselect)

g: Tag polygon by ray-casting and go to POLygon modelling. (Button 1=toggle,Button 2=select,Button 3=unselect)

a: Edit object material

ESC: Escape current mode if any.

Options

-h: display usage summary

-gamma: specify gamma correction (default is 1)

-mlrc: Specify resource file (default is ~/.moonlightrc)

-fs: Run full-screen (default)

-debug: Don't run full-screen

-display displayname: Specify X display to use.

Converter options

-convert: Run the converter.

-outname out_scene_name: Specify output scene name.

-db database_path: Specify a custom database.

-v: Verbose mode.

-rv: Reverse polygons.

-dxfl2o: Convert DXF layers to objects

-nw: Don't write. For testing.

infile: Input filename for converter.

Files

~/.moonlightrc: Resource file. See /usr/doc/moonlight/RESOURCE_FILE for file format documentation.

Environment

MESA_NO_DITHER: If you have a 16bpp display, set this variable to speed up Mesa rendering.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 2 times.