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1.1     ! root        1: .TH POLY 7 bowell
        !             2: .CT 1 inst_info
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: polypic, polypr \- database of polyhedra
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B polypic
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -phfis
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I solid ...
        !            11: .br
        !            12: .B polypr
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -cfhnpsi\f2file
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .I solid ...
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Polypic
        !            19: outputs a picture of the planar nets for the specified solids in
        !            20: .IR plot (5)
        !            21: format.
        !            22: The options are:
        !            23: .TP
        !            24: .B  -f
        !            25: Print the face numbers.
        !            26: .TP
        !            27: .B  -h
        !            28: Print the hinge numbers.
        !            29: .TP
        !            30: .BI -i file
        !            31: Use
        !            32: .I file
        !            33: instead of the normal database.
        !            34: .TP
        !            35: .B  -s
        !            36: Produce an orthogonal view of the 3D solid rather than the net.
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B  -p
        !            39: Produce
        !            40: .IR pic (1)
        !            41: output.
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: .I Polypr
        !            44: gives more general access to the data.
        !            45: By default, all the data is output.
        !            46: If no solid is specified, all the solids in the database are output.
        !            47: The options are:
        !            48: .TP
        !            49: .B -n
        !            50: Print only the database index number and the name.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: .B -h
        !            53: Print only a header line with name and number of faces and hinges.
        !            54: .TP
        !            55: .B -f
        !            56: Print only the data for the flat net.
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: .B -s
        !            59: Print only the data for the 3D solid.
        !            60: .TP
        !            61: .BI -i file
        !            62: Use
        !            63: .I file
        !            64: instead of the normal database.
        !            65: .TP
        !            66: .B -c
        !            67: Produce output for Tom Duff's polygon renderer (implies
        !            68: .BR -s ).
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: .B -p
        !            71: Produce useful parameters for a perspective view; implies
        !            72: .BR -c .
        !            73: .PP
        !            74: For both
        !            75: .I polypic
        !            76: and
        !            77: .IR polypr ,
        !            78: the solid may be specified by either its index number
        !            79: or by any prefix of the name.
        !            80: Ambiguities are resolved by database order.
        !            81: .SH FILES
        !            82: .F /usr/include/poly.h
        !            83: .br
        !            84: .F /usr/lib/polyhedra 
        !            85: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            86: .IR plot (1),
        !            87: .IR poly (5)
        !            88: .br
        !            89: A. G. Hume,
        !            90: `Exact Descriptions of Regular and Semi-regular Polyhedra and Their Duals'
        !            91: .I Computing Science Technical Report 130,
        !            92: AT&T Bell Laboratories, November, 1986
        !            93: .SH BUGS
        !            94: Not all the polyhedra have valid 3D data.
        !            95: .br
        !            96: Option
        !            97: .B -s
        !            98: doesn't work yet.

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