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Thanks to Mark Flider for creating the Syzygy object viewing modules.

szgview is an application to view objects that Syzygy supports. To view a file, simply run

    szgview myfile.ext

If you have matching HTR and OBJ files, run

    szgview myanim.htr mymesh.obj

The bar at the top of the screen displays the current mode; pressing 1 will allow you to translate the object by clicking and dragging with the mouse. 2 lets you rotate, and 3 scales the object.

If the file supports animation, a slider bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. The current frame number is shown on the bottom right, and the animation can be scrubbed through by dragging the small, grey slider box along the timeline. Additionally, pressing k will play/pause the animation, and the j and l keys will move back or forward one frame, respectively.

The ` key (the one with tilde on it... just to the left of the "1" on standard keyboards) cycles through different background colors, in case the object is difficult to see against a certain background.

For debugging purposes, the d key dumps database connectivity information to the console. Hitting p performs a "pretty dump", formatting the database hierarchy.

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