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-rw-r--r--RELEASE_NOTES2
-rw-r--r--doc/openscad.131
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index b2058df..d1a02ed 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ o Console output is now enabled on Windows through the openscad.com executable
o Added basic syntax highlighting in the editor
o Mac: Added document icon
o Mac: Added auto-update check
-o Commandline output to PNG, with two types of cameras, imgsize, CGAL & OpenCSG
+o Commandline output to PNG, with various camera and rendering settings
o Regression test now creates single monolithic .html file for easier uploading
Bugfixes:
diff --git a/doc/openscad.1 b/doc/openscad.1
index 0919bb9..444029b 100644
--- a/doc/openscad.1
+++ b/doc/openscad.1
@@ -44,13 +44,38 @@ Show version of program.
.B \-\-render
If exporting an image, use a full CGAL render. (Default is an OpenCSG compile)
.TP
-.B \-\-gimbalcam=rotx,roty,rotz,transx,transy,transz,distance
+.B \-\-camera=rotx,roty,rotz,transx,transy,transz,distance
If exporting an image, use a Gimbal camera with the given parameters
.TP
-.B \-\-vectorcam=eyex,eyey,eyez,centerx,centery,centerz
+.B \-\-camera=eyex,eyey,eyez,centerx,centery,centerz
If exporting an image, use a Vector camera with the given parameters
+.TP
+.B \-\-imgsize=width,height
+If exporting an image, specify the pixel width and height
+.TP
+.B \-\-projection=[o|p]
+If exporting an image, specify whether to use orthographic or perspective
+projection
+.SH COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES
+.PP
+
+Render example001.scad into the .stl format (raw triangle data):
+.PP
+.B openscad -o example001.stl examples/example001.scad
+.PP
+Compile a 2d image using a camera rotated 25 degrees in x and 35 in z,
+distance 500, with orthographic projection:
+.PP
+.B openscad -o o.png o.scad --camera=0,0,0,25,0,35,500 --projection=ortho
+.PP
+Set the 'mode' variable in example017 so that it will render only the
+parts of the shape. Export to a .dxf file.
+.PP
+.B openscad -x example017.dxf -D'mode="parts"' examples/example017.scad
+
.SH AUTHOR
OpenSCAD was written by Clifford Wolf, Marius Kintel, and others.
.PP
This manual page was written by chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>,
-for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
+for the Debian project (and may be used by others). Updated by
+the OpenSCAD team.
contact: Jan Huwald // Impressum