terraform(1)

NAME

terraform - a height field manipulation program

SYNOPSIS

terraform [ generic-options ] [  -c,  --chooser  ]  [  -f,
--factor=factor ] [ -g, --generate ] [ -m, --gamma=gamma_factor ]
[  -s,  --size=size  ]  [  -t,   --type=type_bitmap   ]   [   -u,
--undo=max_undo ] [ file ... ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the terraform command.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribu

tion because the original program does not have a manual page.

Terraform allows you to create a fractal terrain (also

called a height field) and transform it using a number of algo

rithms. It is meant to be a tool for those who want to generate

digital terrain models for use in raytracing or other simula

tions.

OPTIONS

Below are the terraform-specific options. For a full sum

mary of options, run terraform --help.

-c, --chooser

Run the terrain chooser upon startup.

-f, --factor=factor

Set the scaling factor for random generation.

-g, --generate

Generate a random terrain upon startup.

-m, --gamma=gamma_factor

Set the gamma factor.

-s, --size=size

Set the default terrain size.

-t, --type=type_bitmap

Set the terrain type for random generation.

-u, --undo=max_undo

Set the maximum size of the undo queue.

SEE ALSO

The original documentation from the program author is

available in /usr/share/doc/terraform/. See

http://terraform.sourceforge.net/ for further information.

FILES

/etc/terraformrc

The systemwide initialization file.

~/.terraform/terraformr

The personal initialization file.

AUTHOR

Terraform was written by Robert Gasch <r.gasch@chello.nl>,

David A. Bartold <foxx@mail.utexas.edu> and others.
This manual page was written by Ben Burton <benb@acm.org>

for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

November 15, 2001

TERRAFORM(1)