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/usr/bin/qconvex

Calculate convex hulls and related structures

From qhull 2020.2-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running qconvex --help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

qconvex -- compute the convex hull.  Qhull 2020.2 2020/08/31
    input (stdin): dimension, number of points, point coordinates
    comments start with a non-numeric character

options (qconvex.htm):
    Qt   - triangulated output
    QJ   - joggled input instead of merged facets
    Tv   - verify result: structure, convexity, and point inclusion
    .    - concise list of all options
    -    - one-line description of each option
    -?   - this message
    -V   - version

output options (subset):
    s    - summary of results (default)
    i    - vertices incident to each facet
    n    - normals with offsets
    p    - vertex coordinates (if 'Qc', includes coplanar points)
    FA   - report total area and volume
    FS   - total area and volume
    Fx   - extreme points (convex hull vertices)
    G    - Geomview output (2-d, 3-d, and 4-d)
    m    - Mathematica output (2-d and 3-d)
    o    - OFF format (dim, n, points, facets)
    QVn  - print facets that include point n, -n if not
    TI file - input file, may be enclosed in single quotes
    TO file - output file, may be enclosed in single quotes

examples:
    rbox c D2 | qconvex s n                    rbox c D2 | qconvex i
    rbox c D2 | qconvex o                      rbox 1000 s | qconvex s Tv FA
    rbox c d D2 | qconvex s Qc Fx              rbox y 1000 W0 | qconvex Qc s n
    rbox y 1000 W0 | qconvex s QJ              rbox d G1 D12 | qconvex QR0 FA Pp
    rbox c D7 | qconvex FA TF1000
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
-?- this messagehelp
-V- versionhelp

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