VNIRT(nged)

💅 VNIRT — the nged glow-up you didn't know you needed

okay so bestie, this is a page from the BRL-CAD MGED Commands manual — the nged manual, to be exact — and the command is vnirt. yes it's a weird name. no we're not changing it. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vnirt — takes your x and y, treats them like view coordinates (so like, +-2047 territory 💫), converts them into model coordinates (local units, obvs) using a value of 2047 for view z, and then hands the whole lil package over to nirt. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

vnirt [nirt args] {x y}

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea 🍓: vnirt interprets x and y as view coordinates — think +-2047 — and converts them to model coordinates (local units) using a value of 2047 for view z. then it passes them straight to nirt. ✨

and everything else? every other argument you throw at it? it gets passed to nirt without modification. literally untouched. it's giving "i'm just the messenger" energy and honestly? iconic. 👑

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🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

Example 1 — shoot a ray at 1000 pixels up and centered left/right 💖

mged>vnirt 0 1000

shoots a ray 1000 pixels up from center. slay. ⭐

Example 2 — shoot a ray centered top/bottom and 1000 pixels to the right 🦋

mged>vnirt 1000 0

shoots a ray 1000 pixels to the right of center. periodt. 💅

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

the BRL-CAD Team did that. main character energy fr fr. 🫶

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💀 BUG REPORTS 💀

found a bug? a problem? something acting sus? 😭 report it via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org — they wanna hear from you, bestie. don't be shy. 🙈

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okay tiny reminder: those nirt args you pass through? they reach nirt exactly as-is, no edits, no meddling. vnirt is a lover, not a fixer. 🧚

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that's the whole page, bestie 💜 it's from the BRL-CAD crew, and this lil slice of documentation is dated right there in the manual's footer — the VNIRT(nged) entry closing out the BRL-CAD MGED Commands manual. go shoot some rays. you got this. 🌈🎀