= User Guides =
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The user guide section provides details to users on how to use various applications associated with !OpenSceneGraph, such as standard viewers, and data processing and conversion tools.
== Build system and scripts that come with the !OpenSceneGraph distribution == 
 * [wiki:Build/CMake CMake] - how to generate Project or Make files for your platform and compiler
 * [wiki:Build/CDash CDash] - how to report build results to the public dashboard
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/Doxygen Doxygen] - how to build the API documentation from the OSG sources
== Applications that come with the !OpenSceneGraph distribution ==
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/osgviewer osgviewer] - scene graph viewer
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/osgconv osgconv] - database conversion tool
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/osgarchive osgarchive] - scene graph archiving tool
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/osgdem osgdem] - geospecific terrain database generation tool (separated into the [http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/VirtualPlanetBuilder/ VirtualPlanetBuilder] project).
== Examples that come with the !OpenSceneGraph distribution ==
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/Examples Examples] - an overview of the how to run the examples
== Plugins that come with the !OpenSceneGraph distribution ==
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/Plugins Plugins] - an overview of the available reader and writer plugins
== Applications available in the Community ==
 * [http://osgedit.sourceforge.net/ OSGEdit] - scene graph composition tool
 * Free OSG scene composer and editor [http://osgscenemaker.googlepages.com/home OSG-SceneMaker] (License : GNU GPL).
 * Free OSG scene designer and editor [http://sourceforge.net/projects/osgdesigner/ OSG-Designer] (License : GNU GPL).
 * Free OSG scene editor [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sceneedit/ OSG-SceneEdit] (License : GNU GPL).
== Modelling packages with !OpenSceneGraph plugins. ==
 * [wiki:Community/OSGExp OSGExp] - importer/exporter plugin to 3D Studio Max.
 * [http://www.diosoft.com/soft/osgmaya/ osgMaya] - importer/exporter plugin to Maya.
 * [https://bitbucket.org/cedricpinson/osgexport/wiki/Home Blender] - script for exporting to .osg ASCII format, support osgAnimation, Skeleton, multi material, multi uvs...
 * [http://projects.blender.org/projects/osgexport/ Blender] - script for exporting to .osg ASCII format [outdated]
 * [http://five.vr-c.dk/?fIVE+Download/fIVE+-+Microstation+DGN+exporter DGN2OSG] -  Microstation DGN-importer osg-plugin based on OpenDGN from the !OpenDesignAlliance
 * [http://maya2osg.sourceforge.net/ Maya2OSG] - Autodesk Maya plug-in to export/import OSG files.
== Configuring OpenSceneGraph based applications ==
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/EnvironmentVariables Environment Variables] - An overview of all available environment variables
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/OptimizerOptions Optimizer Options] - An overview of all available optimizer options
== Stereo visualization and the !OpenSceneGraph ==
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/StereoSettings Stereo Settings] - Environmental variable and command line settings for using stereo
 * [wiki:Support/UserGuides/LinuxStereo Linux Stereo] - tips on how to step up stereo under Linux