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5. Start 3D Studio by typing
3DS[Enter].
During the 3D Studio reconfiguration start-up, you are prompted with a series of questions. After
the first 3D Studio question appears and is answered, the TurboDLDClassic configuration program
appears. Select a graphics board, display, and rendering resolutions as you would for AutoCAD
use.
Because RCPADI device drivers, by definition, are combined display and rendering devices, you
are brought to the TurboDLDClassic configuration menu during 3D Studio reconfiguration twice:
once each for display and rendering. It is not necessary to select display and/or rendering
resolutions the second time. Simply press the
[Enter]
key to remove the help screen and then
highlight Save and Exit to continue to the next question.
If FASTACAD.BAT is used instead of PANA3DS.BAT to define the AutoCAD operating
environment, the TurboDLDClassic configuration menu also appears for RDPADI and DSPADI
devices if they are present.
Configuring 3D Studio V3.x
Panacea's TurboDLDClassic drivers run with 3D Studio release 3.x. Please use 3D Studio's default
RCPADI Vibrant Graphic Driver Configuration. Follow the Vibrant Graphics Configuration Program
Setup Procedures that are found in your 3D Studio 3.x Installation Manual for ADI 4.2 Drivers.
From your Turbodld Subdirectory, run PANA3DS.BAT to set the 3D Studio environment settings.
Run 3DS VIBCFG.
During Configuration for Vibrant Graphics there are four categories:
•
Main-Display
•
Materials-Display
•
Render-Display
•
Flic Playing.
Set RCPADI for these four categories.
When Vibrant Graphic settings are complete, click OK to exit and save settings. The Setup for
TurboDLDClassic Drivers commences. Follow the menus to Setup Display and Rendering Screen.
Save and Exit to 3D Studio.
Please note that the out-of-the-box Cirrus Logic drivers that are supported in 3D Studio release 3.x
are supplied and maintained by Autodesk.
Note: TurboDLDClassic only provides still rendering support for 3D Studio. TurboDLDClassic does
not play back rendered .FLI or .FLC files. This is a limitation of 3D Studio. The Mapping Icon colors,
which are usually yellow and green, appear as black when using any external ADI driver. Also, 3D
Studio has problems with large fonts. It is recommended that you use the default font settings.
Configuring AVE Render
AutoCAD 12's AVE Render uses TurboDLDClassic
's
rendering capabilities to render objects and
drawings.
First Time Configuration
If AVE Render has never been configured, you are forced to run through the configuration process
when you first select the AutoCAD render command. You are prompted as follows.
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