---
name: "view3dscene"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "view3dscene"
version: "4.2.0-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/view3dscene"
---

# view3dscene(1)

VRML / X3D browser and viewer for other 3D models.

## NAME

view3dscene - VRML / X3D browser and viewer for other 3D models.

## SYNOPSIS

**view3dscene** \[*file*\] \[*options...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**view3dscene** is a VRML /X3D browser and viewer for other 3D models.

## USAGE

**view3dscene** takes the following arguments:

- **file**

  The 3D model file to open.

- **All command-line options are optional.**

  - **-h / --help**

  Print the help message and exit.

- **-v / --version**

  Print the version number and exit.

- **-H / --hide-extras**

  Do not show anything extra (like status text or toolbar or bounding box) when program starts. Show only the 3D world.

- **--write**

  Load the scene, optionally process by --scene-change-xxx,  save it as X3D to the standard output, exit. Use --write-encoding to choose encoding.

- **--write-encoding classic\|xml**

  Choose X3D encoding to use with --write option. Default is "classic".

- **--write-force-x3d**

  Force conversion from VRML to X3D with --write option. Note that if you choose XML encoding  (by --write-encoding=xml), this is automatic. Note that this works sensibly only for VRML 2.0 (not for older Inventor/VRML 1.0, we cannot convert them to valid X3D for now).

- **--screenshot TIME IMAGE-FILE-NAME**

  Take a screenshot of the loaded scene at given TIME, and save it to IMAGE-FILE-NAME. You most definitely want to pass 3D model file to load at command-line too, otherwise  we'll just make a screenshot of the default black scene.

- **--screenshot-range TIME-BEGIN TIME-STEP FRAMES-COUNT FILE-NAME**

  Take a FRAMES-COUNT number of screenshots from TIME-BEGIN by step TIME-STEP. Save them to a single movie file (like .avi) (ffmpeg must be installed and available on $PATH for this) or to a sequence of image files (FILE-NAME must then be specified like image@counter(4).png).

- **--viewpoint NAME**

  Use the viewpoint with given name or index as initial. Especially useful to make a screenshot from given viewpoint.

- **--anti-alias AMOUNT**

  Use full-screen anti-aliasing. Argument AMOUNT is an integer \>= 0. Exact 0 means "no anti-aliasing", this is the default. Each successive integer generally makes method one step better. Especially useful to make a screenshot with anti-aliasing quality.

- **--audio-device DEVICE-NAME**

  Choose specific OpenAL audio device. See the available device names in the --help output, or in the "Preferences -\> Sound Device" menu.

- **--no-sound**

  Turn off sound.

- **Window options (backend GTK+):**

  - **--geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT\<sign\>XOFF\<sign\>YOFF**

  Set initial window size and/or position.

- **--fullscreen**

  Set initial window size to cover whole screen.

- **--fullscreen-custom WIDTHxHEIGHT**

  Try to resize the screen to WIDTHxHEIGHT and then set initial window size to cover whole screen.

- **--display DISPLAY-NAME**

  Use given X display name.

- **Debug options:**

  - **--debug-log**

  Write log info to stdout.

- **--debug-log-cache**

  Write log info, including cache.

- **--debug-log-shaders**

  Write log info, including shader source and log.

- **--debug-log-changes**

  Write log info, including VRML/X3D graph changes.

- **Deprecated options:**

  - **--scene-change-no-normals**

  Remove normals information from the loaded scene. Forces automatic calculation of normal vectors. Deprecated, doing this from command-line is not usually useful.

- **--scene-change-no-solid-objects**

  Make all shapes not solid in the loaded scene. Disables backface culling. Deprecated, doing this from command-line is not usually useful.

- **--scene-change-no-convex-faces**

  Treat all faces as potentially concave in the loaded scene. Deprecated, doing this from command-line is not usually useful.

- **--write-to-vrml**

  Deprecated, shortcut for "--write --write-encoding=classic".

- **--camera-radius RADIUS**

  Set camera sphere radius used for collisions and determinig moving speed. Deprecated, consider using NavigationInfo node inside your scene instead.

- **--navigation EXAMINE\|WALK\|FLY...**

  Set initial navigation style. Deprecated, consider using NavigationInfo node inside your scene instead.

## SEE ALSO

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  [**tovrmlx3d**(1)](/tovrmlx3d/1.md)