terraform(1)

terraform1

A height field manipulation program

Usage

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 ...]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the terraform command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution 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 algorithms. It is meant to be a tool for those who want to generate digital terrain models for use in raytracing or other simulations.

Options

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

Files

/etc/terraformrc

The systemwide initialization file.

~/.terraform/terraformr

The personal initialization file.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1–4.0

--chooser since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --factor since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --gamma since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --generate since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --size since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --type since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --undo since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -c since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -f since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -g since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -m since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -s since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -t since Debian 3.0 (Woody); -u since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Author

Terraform was written by Robert Gasch <[email protected]>, David A. Bartold <[email protected]> and others.
This manual page was written by Ben Burton <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From terraform 0.9.0-4 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.