varkon - a CAD-system with parametric modelling

varkon [--rc <file>] [--env] [--exp] [--config] [-h|--help|-?]

VARKON is a high level development tool for applications in the area of Engineering, Computer Aided Design and Product Modelling.

VARKON can be used as a traditional CAD-system with drafting, modelling and visualisation if you want to but the real power of VARKON is in parametric modelling and CAD applications development. VARKON includes interactive parametric modelling in 2D or 3D but also the unique MBS programming language integrated in the graphical environment.

--rc <file>

overrides the default user configuration

--env

print the environment special for VARKON

--exp

copy the example to the user directory

--config

some very basic configuration and exit

-h, --help, -?

print short help and exit

/etc/varkon/varkonrc

The system wide configuration file.

$HOME/.varkon/varkonrc

The user's configuration file.

Following are the variables used by VARKON and their Debian locations:

VARKON_LANG = english

VARKON_MDF = /etc/varkon/mdf/$VARKON_LANG

Standard menufiles (*.MDF, *.INC)

VARKON_FNT = /etc/varkon/cnf/fnt

Fonts for graphical text

VARKON_PLT = /etc/varkon/cnf/plt

Plotter configuration

VARKON_ICO = /etc/varkon/cnf/icons

Icon bitmaps for buttons

VARKON_TOL = /etc/varkon/cnf/tol

Tolerances

VARKON_INI = /etc/varkon/cnf/ini/$VARKON_LANG

Standard resources for X-Windows

VARKON_ERM = /usr/share/varkon/erm

Errormessages (*.ERM)

VARKON_LIB = /usr/share/varkon/lib

System module library (*.MBO)

VARKON_DOC = /usr/share/varkon/man

The varkon documentation (*.htm)

VARKON_TMP = /tmp

Temporary files

LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Path to shared OpenGL library

VARKON_PID = $HOME/varkon/pid

Project files (*.PID)

VARKON_PRD = $HOME/varkon/app

Default root for VARKON applications

PATH = /usr/lib/varkon:$PATH

Path to VARKON executables (xvarkon, mbsc, plotterdrivers)

The VARKON system was originally developed by a group at the University of Linkoping in Sweden during 1984-86 under the leadership of Dr. Johan Kjellander now the president of Microform AB. Since then the system has been owned, marketed and further developed by Microform AB.

Subsequently the license was changed to GNU General Public License and VARKON was taken over by the CAD research group of the Ärebro University in Sweden.

Stephan Helma wrote this man page Debian from the appropriate html page.

The VARKON documentation is available as HTML documents. Please install the appropriate packages and point your Web browser at:

file:///usr/share/doc/varkon/help/man.htm

The homepage of VARKON is:

http://www.tech.oru.se/cad/varkon

There exists a Varkon-discuss mailing list at:

varkon-discuss@lists.berlios.de

You can subscribe to it at:

http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/varkon-discuss

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