IV Files
Inventor 3D Graphics Files

IV is a data directory which contains examples of IV files. IV is the abbreviation for "Inventor", a file format used on SGI with a variety of programs, and now shared with OpenInventor, the successor to Inventor.

IV File Characteristics:

• ASCII or binary
• Color
• 3D
• No compression
• 1 image

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Reference:

1. Josie Wernecke,
   The Inventor Mentor,
   Programming Object-Oriented 3D Graphics with Open Inventor, Release 2,
   Addison Wesley, 1994,
   ISBN: 0201624958,
   LC: QA76.64.W48.
2. the SGI web site

Sample Files:

• cube_texture.iv, a cube with texture;
• delaunay_refine.iv, a Delaunay refined mesh on a sphere;
• delaunay_refine2.iv, a Delaunay refined mesh on a sphere;
• diamond.iv, a dodecahedron;
• dodec.iv, a dodecahedron;
• fish_faces.iv, a fish drawn with polygonal faces;
• human.iv, a stylized human figure;
• materials.iv, a shape using different materials;
• polyfish.iv, a fish;
• soccer.iv, a truncated icosahedron;
• spheres.iv, a plot of 3 spheres, which helped me figure out how to plot a set of points;
• spiralpoints.iv, a spiral on a sphere;
• tetrahedron.iv, a tetrahedron;
• tiler_3d.iv;
• two_shapes.iv;
• windmill.iv, an animated windmill;

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