GASTANK
nged
BRL-CAD
BRL-CAD User Commands

# gastank

Creates a BRL-CAD .g file containing gas tanks.

        gastank
        options

## DESCRIPTION

`gastank` is a program to create a BRL-CAD data base of gas tanks. Up to twenty-six gas tanks of the same size may be created. These gas tanks are solid with rounded corners and edges. They are appropriate for use with millimeter wave signature analysis. They are not appropriate for infra red or vulnerability analysis. `gastank` uses libwdb to create a BRL-CAD database. The gas tanks are composed of three arb8s, eight spheres, and twelve cylinders. This program may be run interactively or the user may specify options on a command line. If the user chooses to run the program interactively he answers the questions as the program prompts him. Below are the options that can be used on the command line.

## OPTIONS

`-fname.g`

  BRL-CAD file name.

`-n#`

  The number of gas tanks to be created (must be less than or equal to 26.)

`-h#`

  Height of gas tank in millimeters.

`-w#`

  Width of gas tank in millimeters.

`-d#`

  Depth of gas tank in millimeters.

`-r#`

  Radius of the corner in millimeters.

## EXAMPLES

### Interactive `gastank` Session

    $ gastank

    This program constructs a solid gas tank with all
    edges and corners rounded.

    Enter the mged file to be created (25 char max).
    	gastank.g
    Enter the number of gas tanks to create (26 max).
    	3
    Enter the height, width, and depth of the gas tank.
    	300 200 400
    Enter the radius of the corners.
    	30

    mged file:  gastank.g
    height of gas tank:  300.000000 mm
    width of gas tank:  200.000000 mm
    depth of gas tank:  400.000000 mm
    radius of corner:  30.000000 mm
    number of gas tanks:  3

### Single-Line `gastank` Command

`gastank -fgastank.g -n3 -h300 -w200 -d400 -r30`

Both of these examples produce the same result - 3 gas tanks with a height of 300mm, a width of 200mm, a depth of 400mm, and a radius for the corner of 30mm. The BRL-CAD database file created in each case is gastank.g

## AUTHOR

Susan A. Coates

## COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 2005-2013 United States Government as represented by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. All rights reserved.

## SEE ALSO

bolt(1), handle(1), window(1), window_frame(1)

## BUG REPORTS

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to <devs@brlcad.org>, or via the "cadbug.sh" script.