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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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