General

This section describes optional software.

SZ004 is a stand-alone program used to create pictures (views) by extracting model data from data banks. This task is an alternative to the Insert > Model functionality in Drafting-based graphic applications.

To create pictures, an input file to SZ004 must be created, using the ordinary editor. A special language is used to order what model data to be extracted, to define projection data and to choose the mode of representation. The resulting pictures, optionally with hidden lines removed, are stored by the program the subpicture data bank given by SBD_PICT, and can later be used as plane pictures or as an environment in an interactive modelling programs.