.TH nd n "Version 4.0.0" "Tina Tools"

.SH NAME
nd	  \- Time Petri net net editor and Graphic interface for toolbox

Part of Tina Toolbox for analysis of Petri nets and Time Petri nets.

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B nd 
[\-\f2h\f1elp] 
[\-ag | \-at | \-ng | \-nt] 
[file]


.SH DESCRIPTION

nd (netDraw)  embeds editors for graphic and  textual net descriptions
and  automata  descriptions. Also  provides  graphical interfaces  for
tools tina and  struct ("tools" button) when editing  a net.  Produces
files in \&.net  or \&.ndr format (for nets) readable by tina and struct,
or in \&.aut  or \&.adr format (for automata),  may import descriptions in
\&.pnml (with or without graphics), \&.tpn (tina's script language), or
\&.ktz (for automata).

.SH OPTIONS

.TP
.B \-\f2h\f1elp Recalls options.

.TP
-ag | -at | -ng | -nt

Selection  of initial  editing mode  if no  file is  loaded.  With \-ag
(resp. \-at), edits an automaton  in graphic (resp. textual) form. With
\-ng (resp.  \-nt), edits  a Time Petri  net in graphic  (resp. textual)
form.

The editing mode of nd is determined by:
.nf
\- its default value (-ng),
\- superseded by the value saved in the setup file, if any,
\- superseded by the command line argument, if any,
\- superseded  by the  mode determined from  the contents 
of the file loaded, if any.
.fi

.TP
file

The file  being loaded, if it  exist (it must  be in one of  the above
formats), or a filename in which the item being edited is saved.

.TP
.B Default options:

nd -ng buffer.ndr



.SH EXAMPLES

.nf
nd
nd exemple.ndr
nd example.aut
nd -nt
.fi

.SH SEE ALSO

nd(n), tina(n), plan(n), struct(n), ktzio(n), ndrio(n), tedd(n), selt(n), sift(n), pathto(n), scan(n), play(n), walk(n), reduce(n), formats(n), stan(n)

.SH AUTHORS
Bernard Berthomieu, LAAS/CNRS, 2000-2026, Bernard.Berthomieu@laas.fr.

