Diamond 3D-WIN                     
	    3D-Visualisation Tool for AutoCAD 13/14 Win95/NT   
	                                                       
	                    3D-Win 2.4.0.1                     
	                                                       	                                                       
	 Diamond Multimedia                       Release 0598 
	

			Table of Contents
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	1    Introduction
	     1.1  3D-Win - General Information
	     1.2  System Requirements
	  
	2    Installation
	
	3    Starting 3DWin

	4    Troubleshooting Information

	

1    Introduction
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1.1  3D-Win - General Information
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Welcome to 3D-Win, Diamond`s 3D-Viewer for Windows NT and Windows95 
This software is simple to use and offers a number of attractive
features:

- Fast "Read-in" of 3D-Models from AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop 
- Different shading modes (flat, smooth  etc.) accessible
  per mouseclick
- Display manipulation via slidebar or mouse
- Data export to AutoCAD
- Changes in AutoCAD will diplayed immediately and automaticaly by 
  the 3D-Viewer (Hot-Link)
- Easy generation of WALK-TEACH-or AVI-Animationen
- Material editor.
- VRML export
- Stereographics display
- LOGITECH Magellan 3DMouse support
- Integrated toolbar for fast and easy of use.
- Comfortable 3D-Win online-help



1.2  System Requirements
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(a) Hardware

3D-Win is supported only by the Diamond Professional series of
graphics adapters.
To view the stereographics feature you need Crystal Eyes glasses
and an emitter box to attach to your Fire GL 4000 board.

(b) Software

The current version of this software is compatible with Windows NT 3.51,
NT 4.0, and Windows 95.
AutoCAD version 13 and 14 are supported.
To use all features of 3DWin you will need the latest graphics and
OpenGL drivers for your Fire GL board.

2    Installation 
=================


  1. Unzip the file 3dwin.zip preserving the directory structure

  2. Run install.exe in the disk1 subdirectory

  3. Follow the instructions on the screen. The installation routine 
     will decompress and copy various files onto your hard disk.


3 Starting 3D-Win
=================
      
    After installation of 3D-Win an entry in your Windows Start button
    taskbar will be created. Select 3DWin in the Diamond group.
    Further information is available through the  built-in online
    help function.



4   Troubleshooting Information
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. If 3D-Win has no connection to AutoCAD:
    If 3D-Win is installed correctly, 3D-Win's ARX module will be loaded
    automatically by AutoCAD, and shows a small sign-on box for a few 
    seconds. You can look for a file 'acad.rx' and check if 3D-Win 
    is inserted, i.e.:
    ...
    c:\programs\diamond\_3dwin\3dwin.arx
    ...
    If 3D-Win's ARX module is not loaded by AutoCAD, perhaps another 
    installation (e.g. MCAD) created a second 'acad.rx' or overwrote 
    the existing 'acad.rx'. Then you have to re-install 3D-Win, or 
    merge the two 'acad.rx' files by hand (there should be only one 
    'acad.rx' on your disk).

  If you still have no connection to AutoCAD, restart AutoCAD 
  and 3D-Win or reboot.

. Not all AVI-compressed files provide quality playback. Good results
  with high a compression rate is offered by codecs such as Cinepak
  by Radius. 

. All AVI files run with the Mediaplayer from Microsoft.

. Multiple AutoCAD and 3D-Win sessions
	3D-Win does not support multiple AutoCAD sessions at one time.
	3D-Win is only active for the first copy of AutoCAD started.