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- /*
- * hingehelp.h: generated automatically from file "hingehelp"
- *
- * to modify, edit "hingehelp" and type "make hingehelp.h"
- */
- "\n\
- Hinge lets you rotate copies of a\n\
- polyhedron around edges of itself to build\n\
- up constructions in space. It is an\n\
- example of a program that interacts with\n\
- geomview, the Geometry Center's 3D viewing\n\
- program. Its main purpose is to demonstrate\n\
- some capabilities of geomview.\n\
- \n\
- To move the construction around in the\n\
- graphics window, hold the left mouse button\n\
- down and drag the mouse. If you let go of\n\
- the button while moving the mouse, the motion\n\
- will continue. The type of motion is\n\
- determined by the selected icon in the\n\
- \"Tools\" panel; to change actions just click\n\
- on one of these icons.\n\
- \n\
- Start by clicking the right mouse button on\n\
- an edge to select it. Then click the right\n\
- mouse button on an adjacent face to rotate\n\
- the object through that face. You may select\n\
- another edge at any time by clicking the\n\
- right mouse button on it.\n\
- \n\
- You may load an alternate polyheron via the\n\
- \"File\" button. Nice objects to try are:\n\
- \n\
- in Euclidean space in hyperbolic space\n\
- \n\
- HingeCube HingeDodec\n\
- HingeTetra\n\
- HingeDiamond\n\
- HingeTriangle\n\
- HingeLongcube\n\
- \n\
- NOTES:\n\
- \n\
- Double-clicking the right mouse button sets\n\
- geomview's notion of the current mouse\n\
- target object. In most cases with Hinge\n\
- you want the current target to be the\n\
- entire world. If you accidentally move an\n\
- individual object you may reset it by\n\
- hitting the 'w' key, or 'W' to reset\n\
- everything. Then double-click on the\n\
- background to set the mouse target back to\n\
- the world.\n\
- \n\
- Hinge works with any geomview OFF object.\n\
- You may create your own objects in the OFF\n\
- format as described in oogl(5). Type\n\
- \"man 5 oogl\" for details.\n\
- \n\
- BUGS\n\
- \n\
- Because of some limitations in the current\n\
- version of geomview, Hinge sometimes does\n\
- not recognize that you are pointing at a\n\
- certain edge or face. This usually happens\n\
- with polyhedra having faces which are\n\
- nearly coplanar, or in hyperbolic space as\n\
- you get far away from the origin. It does\n\
- not work at all with a polyhedron that has\n\
- two or more exactly coplanar faces. This\n\
- limitation will disappear in a future\n\
- version.\n\n"
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