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A Sample Geomview Data File

OFF
12 8 18

0   0.5  -0.8
9   0.5  -0.8
0   0.9   0
9   0.9   0
0   0.5   0.8
9   0.5   0.8
0  -0.5   0.8
9  -0.5   0.8
0  -0.9   0
9  -0.9   0
0  -0.5  -0.8
9  -0.5  -0.8

4	 0 2 3 1
4	 2 4 5 3
4	 4 6 7 5
4	 6 8 9 7
4	 8 10 11 9
4	 10 0 1 11
6	 10 8 6 4 2 0
6	 1 3 5 7 9 11
Here is a simple Geomview data file describing a hexagonal bar. It starts with the keyword OFF, which distinguishes the type of data in the file (Geomview knows about several different kinds of file formats). The next line specifies that this object has 12 vertices, 8 faces, and 18 edges.

Then comes the list of the coordinates of the 12 vertices, one vertex per line.

And finally the list of 8 faces, one per line. Each face line starts with a number indicating how many vertices the face contains, and then lists the indices of those vertices. Notice that six of this object's faces have 4 vertices (these are the sides of the bar), and two of them have 6 vertices (these are the ends).


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