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The Simulation of Physical Systems

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Graphics Tutorial 4 - GView

As we learned in Module 2 of the Graphics component, Inventor is simply a set of libraries written in C++ that encapsulate OpenGL.

Image of a GView file Showing a Sphere and Cone

Gview is a tool created by SGI specifically to visualize the nodes of Inventor.

Gview allows you to modify the scenegraph as well as create geometry. Inventor reads the scenegraph from left to right, top to bottom. You will see how simply ordering the nodes affects the scene.

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