---
name: "varkon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "varkon"
version: "1.18A-2.1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/varkon"
---

# varkon(1)

a CAD-system with parametric modelling

## NAME

**varkon** - a CAD-system with parametric modelling

## SYNOPSIS

varkon \[--rc \<file\>\]\
        \[--env\]\
        \[--exp\]\
        \[--config\]\
        \[-h\|--help\|-?\]

## DESCRIPTION

VARKON is a high level development tool for applications in the area of Engineering, Computer Aided Design and Product Modelling.

VARKON can be used as a traditional CAD-system with drafting, modelling and visualisation if you want to but the real power of VARKON is in parametric modelling and CAD applications development. VARKON includes interactive parametric modelling in 2D or 3D but also the unique MBS programming language integrated in the graphical environment.

## OPTIONS

- **--rc \<file\>**

  overrides the default user configuration

- **--env**

  print the environment special for VARKON

- **--exp**

  copy the example to the user directory

- **--config**

  some very basic configuration and exit

- **-h, --help, -?**

  print short help and exit

## FILES AND ENVIRONMENT

- /etc/varkon/varkonrc

  The system wide configuration file.

- $HOME/.varkon/varkonrc

  The user's configuration file.

Following are the variables used by VARKON and their Debian locations:

- **VARKON\_LANG** = english

  - **VARKON\_MDF** = /etc/varkon/mdf/$VARKON\_LANG

  Standard menufiles (\*.MDF, \*.INC)

- **VARKON\_FNT** = /etc/varkon/cnf/fnt

  Fonts for graphical text

- **VARKON\_PLT** = /etc/varkon/cnf/plt

  Plotter configuration

- **VARKON\_ICO** = /etc/varkon/cnf/icons

  Icon bitmaps for buttons

- **VARKON\_TOL** = /etc/varkon/cnf/tol

  Tolerances

- **VARKON\_INI** = /etc/varkon/cnf/ini/$VARKON\_LANG

  Standard resources for X-Windows

- **VARKON\_ERM** = /usr/share/varkon/erm

  Errormessages (\*.ERM)

- **VARKON\_LIB** = /usr/share/varkon/lib

  System module library (\*.MBO)

- **VARKON\_DOC** = /usr/share/varkon/man

  The varkon documentation (\*.htm)

- **VARKON\_TMP** = /tmp

  Temporary files

- **LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH** = /usr/lib:$LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH

  Path to shared OpenGL library

- **VARKON\_PID** = $HOME/varkon/pid

  Project files (\*.PID)

- **VARKON\_PRD** = $HOME/varkon/app

  Default root for VARKON applications

- **PATH** = /usr/lib/varkon:$PATH

  Path to VARKON executables (xvarkon, mbsc, plotterdrivers)

## AUTHORS

The VARKON system was originally developed by a group at the University of Linkoping in Sweden during 1984-86 under the leadership of Dr. Johan Kjellander now the president of Microform AB. Since then the system has been owned, marketed and further developed by Microform AB.

Subsequently the license was changed to GNU General Public License and VARKON was taken over by the CAD research group of the Ärebro University in Sweden.

Stephan Helma wrote this man page Debian from the appropriate html page.

## MORE INFORMATION

The VARKON documentation is available as HTML documents. Please install the appropriate packages and point your Web browser at:

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  file:///usr/share/doc/varkon/help/man.htm

The homepage of VARKON is:

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  http://www.tech.oru.se/cad/varkon

There exists a Varkon-discuss mailing list at:

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  varkon-discuss@lists.berlios.de

You can subscribe to it at:

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  http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/varkon-discuss

or view the archives at:

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  http://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/varkon-discuss/