Changeset 1222 for trunk/documents/UserDoc/DocBookUsersGuides/ForApplicationDeveloper/xml/Visualization/commandcontrol.xml

Timestamp:

Dec 16, 2009, 12:14:47 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

garnier

Message:

CVS update

File:

• trunk/documents/UserDoc/DocBookUsersGuides/ForApplicationDeveloper/xml/Visualization/commandcontrol.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/documents/UserDoc/DocBookUsersGuides/ForApplicationDeveloper/xml/Visualization/commandcontrol.xml

@@ -888 +888 @@
 The OpenGL drivers can also generate PostScript files, either from
 a pull-down menu (Motif and Qt drivers) or with <literal>/vis/ogl/printEPS</literal>.
-It can generate either vectorized or rasterized PostScript
+It can generate either vector or bitmap PostScript
 data with <literal>/vis/ogl/set/printMode</literal> ("vectored" or "pixmap").
 You can change the filename by <literal>/vis/ogl/set/printMode</literal>
-And the printed size by <literal>/vis/ogl/set/printSize</literal>
+And the print size by <literal>/vis/ogl/set/printSize</literal>
 In generating vectorized PostScript data, hidden-surface
-removal is performed, based on the painter's algorithm after
+removal is performed based on the painter's algorithm after
 dividing facets of shapes into small sub-triangles.
 </para>
 <para>
-Note : Print stuff is done tanks to gl2ps library (incorporated in vis driver)
-Due to a gl2ps limitation, printing an opengl view with <literal>/vis/viewer/set/hiddenMarker 1</literal>
-will have the same effect as printing with <literal>/vis/viewer/set/hiddenMarker 0</literal>
-</para>
-<para>
-Note : <literal>/vis/ogl/set/printSize</literal> command can be used to print 
-EPS files larger than screen size. The only size limitation is graphics card
+Note that a fundamental limitation of the gl2ps library used for this PostScript printing causes
+the <literal>/vis/viewer/set/hiddenMarker</literal> command to be ignored.
+Trajectories will always be fully drawn in the printEPS output
+even when the hiddenMarker hidden line removal option has been set to hide these trajectories
+in the corresponding OpenGL view.
+</para>
+<para>
+The <literal>/vis/ogl/set/printSize</literal> command can be used to print EPS files even larger
+than the current screen resolution. This can allow creation of very large images, suitable for
+creation of posters, etc.  The only size limitation is the graphics card's
 viewport dimension: GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS