IN

## Name

in — Allows the user to type in the arguments needed to create a shape with the name new_shape_name of the type shape_type. The command may be invoked with no arguments, and it will prompt the user for all needed information.

## Synopsis

`in` [[-f] | [-s]] [`new_shape_name`] [`shape_type`] {`parameters`}

## DESCRIPTION

Allows the user to type in the arguments needed to create a shape with the name new_shape_name of the type shape_type. The command may be invoked with no arguments, and it will prompt the user for all needed information. The -s option will invoke the primitive edit mode on the new shape immediately after creation. The -f option does not draw the new shape, and therefore the -s option may not be used in conjunction with -f. The possible values for shape_type are:

- arb8 -- ARB (eight vertices)

- arb7 -- ARB (seven vertices).

- arb 6 -- ARB (six vertices).

- arb 5 -- ARB (five vertices).

- arb 4 -- ARB (four vertices).

- arbn -- Arbitrary polyhedron with arbitrary number of vertices (plane equations).

- bot -- Bag of Triangles.

- dsp -- Displacement Map.

- pipe -- Pipe (run of connected pipe or wire).

- ebm -- Extruded Bit Map.

- vol -- Voxels.

- hf -- Height Field deprecated, see dsp.

- ars -- Arbitrary Faceted Solid.

- half -- Half Space.

- sph -- Ellipsoid (center and radius).

- ell -- Ellipsoid (center and three semi-axes).

- ellg -- Ellipsoid (foci and chord length).

- ell1 -- Ellipsoid (center, one semi-axis, and a radius of revolution).

- tor -- Torus.

- tgc -- Truncated General Cone (most general TGC).

- tec -- TGC (top radii are scaled from base radii).

- rec -- TGC (right elliptical cylinder).

- trc -- TGC (truncated right circular cone).

- rcc -- TGC (right circular cylinder).

- box -- ARB (vertex and three vectors).

- raw -- ARB (right angle wedge).

- rpp -- ARB (axis aligned rectangular parallelepiped).

- rpc -- Right Parabolic Cylinder.

- rhc -- Right Hyperbolic Cylinder.

- epa -- Elliptical Paraboloid.

- ehy -- Elliptical Hyperboloid.

- eto -- Elliptical Torus.

- part -- Particle.

## EXAMPLES

The example shows the use of the in command to create a shape of a specified type.

Example 1. Create a new shape in the form of a right angle wedge.

`mged>` `in new1 raw 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0`

  Creates an ARB named new1 in the form of a right angle wedge.

## AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team

## BUG REPORTS

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