G-DOT(1)

NAME
g-dot - BRL-CAD to DOT language converter

SYNOPSIS

g-dot [-o output.dot] database.g object(s)

DESCRIPTION

g-dot converts the specified object(s) from a BRL-CAD database.g file to the DOT language format. The -o option specifies an output .dot file (writes to stdout by default).

The DOT language format is a plain text format for describing graphs. Programs like Graphviz, Tulip, OmniGraffle, and others can render .dot files (such as those produced by g-dot) as images.

EXAMPLE

    $ g-dot -o sample.dot sample.g sample_object

DIAGNOSTICS

Error messages are intended to be self-explanatory.

AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 1997-2023 by the United States Government as represented by U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

BUG REPORTS

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org