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ELSA Synergy 2000

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b)  Fog: Normally, no fogging is displayed in 'Working View' mode.  However,
ELSA MAXtreme also supports 3D Studio's standard fogging.  This means
that at an early stage one gets a realistic impression of a fogged scene.  Ani-
mated too, of course.

Installation

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Ensure that 3D Studio MAX/VIZ has not been started.

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Insert the 

ELSA Synergy 2000

 CD into the CD-ROM drive and start the

Setup.EXE

 program from the directory '<your CD drive, normally

D>:\Apps\MAXtreme'.

The program guides you through each step of the installation.  Read the
instructions carefully, and answer and confirm each of the questions.

Further information on this special driver can be found in the README.TXT
file in the directory on the ELSA Synergy 2000 CD.

Summary of Contents for Synergy 2000

Page 1: ...ELSA Synergy TM 2000...

Page 2: ...worldwide ISO 9001 standard in certificate number 09 100 5069 issued on June 15 1998 You can find all declarations and approvals for the products as long as they were available at the time of publica...

Page 3: ...trol which are the foundations of consistantly high product quality About this manual This manual provides all the information you will need to get the best out of your ELSA graphics board For instanc...

Page 4: ...e you read on The installation of the ELSA Synergy 2000 hardware and drivers is described in full in the installation guide which accompanies this manual You should refer to that document before attem...

Page 5: ...ore 15 3 1 OpenGL API application settings in Windows NT 15 3 2 OpenGL API application settings in Windows 2000 16 3 3 Color Correction 17 3 4 Tools for AutoCAD 17 3 4 1 ELSA POWERdraft for AutoCAD 17...

Page 6: ...sses 33 5 3 Ports on the graphics board 34 5 4 The VGA D shell socket 34 6 Appendix 37 6 1 CE conformity and FCC radiation standard 37 6 1 1 European Council CE 37 6 2 Federal Communications Commissio...

Page 7: ...er software and utilities If any part is missing please contact your dealer ELSA reserves the right to vary the products supplied without prior notice The current scope of delivery is described on our...

Page 8: ...Introduction ELSA Synergy 2000 8 EN...

Page 9: ...n the ELSA Synergy 2000 CD will not start automatically It can be found and started manually from the root directory of the CD and is called Autorun EXE The greater part of the installation is automat...

Page 10: ...these are met by most systems and on the other hand there are limitations inherent to your system e g your monitor The question of whether your applications need to run using large color depths perha...

Page 11: ...hanging the resolution 2 3 1 Windows 2000 The settings for the graphics driver are included in the Control Panel under Windows 2000 Use the command sequence Start Settings Control Panel to call the di...

Page 12: ...ck the new settings You are then given the option of selecting or canceling the chosen settings If you are satisfied with the new combination confirm your selection by pressing OK You will find furthe...

Page 13: ...The available selection is determined by the ELSA driver you have installed You should always check the configuration you have selected by clicking on the Test button You will find further information...

Page 14: ...After installing the drivers ELSA Synergy 2000 14 EN...

Page 15: ...ndow A further Additional ELSA Synergy 2000 Properties window appears select the Custom OpenGL Applications Setting drop down list near the bottom of the window to optimize the OpenGL API for any of t...

Page 16: ...operties near the bottom of the window Select the OpenGL Settings tab near the bottom of the window to optimize the OpenGLAPI for any of the pro grams listed or alternatively select the parameters you...

Page 17: ...age information on the graphics board i e before the signal reaches the monitor thus permitting a targeted adjustment of the midrange brightness As a result you can then take advan tage of the full co...

Page 18: ...ows and the AutoCAD windows After using a function in one of the driver windows any keyboard entry or crosshair movement automatically makes AutoCAD the active window again You don t have to expressly...

Page 19: ...ty please do the following In Windows on the Start menu click Run Insert the product CD and using Browse go to the your CD drive nor mally D Apps PowDraft directory and start Setup EXE from there Conf...

Page 20: ...iately manipulate them and observe them from all sides without losing their context to the current work With a press of a button a chosen camera setting can be sent to AutoCAD to update the current wo...

Page 21: ...presentations and as a 3D viewer Various rendering modes Gouraud flat hidden line and wire frame Orthographic perspective camera 3D input device support Import and export formats IV VRML 1 0 VRML 2 0...

Page 22: ...tomatically called when AutoCAD is started one of the installation dialogs asks about the ACAD RX file used by your AutoCAD installation In most cases the default file selected by the installation pro...

Page 23: ...ons which will be available only in ELSA GLoria and ELSA Synergy graphics accelerators in the future By using ELSA MAXtreme many effects which would otherwise not be visi ble until the final video ren...

Page 24: ...urse Installation Ensure that 3D Studio MAX VIZ has not been started Insert the ELSA Synergy 2000 CD into the CD ROM drive and start the Setup EXE program from the directory your CD drive normally D A...

Page 25: ...pe line in which the mathematical calculations for its representation in space and perspective on the monitor are carried out What happens in detail Start The object data The pipeline starts at the ob...

Page 26: ...a texture This gives better results than point sampling as the hard boundary between the coarse pixels is blurred The MIP mapping method stores a large number of enlargement stages for the texture The...

Page 27: ...lly for 3D applications A cinema film runs at 24fps 4 2 3D interfaces Software interfaces including 3D interfaces are known as APIs Application Programming Interface The question is what these interfa...

Page 28: ...permits the programmer direct access to special functions in the hardware component concerned The retained mode high level mode makes it possible for example to load a defined 3D object with textures...

Page 29: ...RAMDAC D A converter and transferred to the monitor as analog signals on just three lines plus sync lines The original color values are converted into completely dif ferent values by means of a transl...

Page 30: ...36 different colors can be displayed TrueColor The TrueColor mode is more complex using 24 bits per pixel Here 8 bits are available for each color component 256 levels resulting in 16 7 million dif fe...

Page 31: ...comprehensive VDIF information VESA Display Identification File 4 2 9 DDC2AB With DDC2AB additional to DDC2B the computer can send commands for controlling the monitor e g for adjusting the screen pos...

Page 32: ...Graphics know how ELSA Synergy 2000 32 EN...

Page 33: ...causing the conflict The addresses of the ELSA graphics boards cannot be changed The ELSA graphics board also requires an inter rupt IRQ which is free This may have to be reserved in the computer s B...

Page 34: ...ronization information is sent sepa rately If your monitor supports the switching of input impedance the 75 Ohm setting 75 should be chosen for the R G and B video inputs and VGA D shell socket connec...

Page 35: ...at differs from that of most common monitors and does not pro duce a stabile image In some cases the switch settings are labeled only with Low and High If this is the case either you can look up the O...

Page 36: ...Technical data ELSA Synergy 2000 36 EN...

Page 37: ...ere is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception this can be determined by turning this equi...

Page 38: ...pment Graphics Board Model Name Synergy 2000 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference an...

Page 39: ...day of delivery from the ELSA dealer Warranty services do not result in an extension of the warranty period nor do they initiate a new warranty period The warranty period for installed replacement pa...

Page 40: ...loss of data ELSA will be liable for those costs typical to the recovery of data where periodic security data back ups have been made f The warranty is valid only for the first purchaser and is not t...

Page 41: ...QUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE FURTHERMORE ELSA DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RE SULTS OF USE OF THE PRODUC...

Page 42: ...Appendix ELSA Synergy 2000 42 EN...

Page 43: ...gned to reduce texture aliasing effects on surfaces at an angle to the viewer Un like other methods such as Bilinear fil tering Trilinear filtering anisotropic filtering takes into account that such s...

Page 44: ...re is not distorted D A converter Digital analog convert er A signal converter that converts digital input to analog output DDC Abbreviation for Display Data Channel A special data channel through whi...

Page 45: ...perated with at a specif ic resolution and refresh rate Flat shading Shading Frame buffer Memory on the graphics board containing display information es pecially the Front buffer and Bump mapping Fron...

Page 46: ...ure becomes more de tailed MMX Extended Intel command set used by 166 MHz and higher Pentium proces sors bearing this designation 57 addition al commands accelerate especially integer operations Multi...

Page 47: ...al of DRAMs They consist of two separate memory ranges with one preparing data for access while the other is actually still being accessed Shading The shading of curved areas to make them appear as re...

Page 48: ...sformation Lighting T L Us ing T L the main computer processor is freed up from the consuming task of com puting geometric calculations This com putational process which includes all of the coordinate...

Page 49: ...palettes 29 Computer 7 Contact assignment 34 Cube environment mapping 44 D D socket 34 DDC 30 44 Declaration of Conformity 39 Declaration of conformity 38 Direct3D 28 44 DirectColor 30 44 DirectDraw...

Page 50: ...g 25 47 Resolution 11 Retained mode 28 S Shading 25 47 Single buffer 47 Sphere environment mapping 47 Stencil buffer 47 Strips 47 Super sampling 45 Support 7 S video 47 System requirements 7 Systemanf...

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