---
name: "polyview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvds-dev"
version: "0.9-6.1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/polyview"
---

# polyview(1)

a sample program that displays polygon mesh surfaces using vdslib

## NAME

polyview - a sample program that displays polygon mesh surfaces using vdslib

## SYNOPSIS

**polyview** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**polyview** is a program that displays *.poly* files using vdslib to reduce the number of triangles used depending on the distance between the observer and the object being viewed and the requested quality.  As the number of triangles is reduced, the rendering speed is increased, specially for large models.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-h**

  Show summary of options.

- **-pf** *filename*

  open .poly file filename

- **-w**

  display in wireframe mode (default)

- **-s**

  display in shaded mode

- **-z**

  set the initial zoom factor \[0\]

- **-bg** *r g b*

  set background color \[1 1 1\]

- **-oc** *r g b*

  set the diffuse color \[.5 .5 .5\]

- **-q** *x y z r*

  set quaternion rotation \[0 0 0 1\]

- **-o** *foo.ppm*

  save window as PPM file then exit

## SEE ALSO

**vdslib online documentation.**

## AUTHOR

**polyview** was written by Kevin Scott and is distributed as part of **vdslib**, developed by Dr. David Patrick Luebke \<luebke@cs.virginia.edu\>, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia.

This manual page was written by Marcelo E. Magallon \<mmagallo@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).