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- AutoVision (TM) Release 2 Features List
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- AutoVision Release 2 is a Rx application designed specifically for
- AutoCAD(R) Release 13 for Windows(R) and DOS. Its impressive array
- of features includes:
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- Rendering
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- * Fast, realistic renderers (scanline and ray-tracing) integrated with AutoCAD
- Release 13
- * Ray-tracing effects such as shadowing, reflection and refraction
- * Rendering to screen or file at any resolution
- * Rendering 8-, 16-, 24- or 32-bit photorealistic still images
- * Quick preview via subsampling
- * Test rendering to a selected rectangular window within the scene
- (crop window)
- * Scalable antialiasing controls
- * Scene control for setting up multiple views with different lighting effects
- * Fog and depth cueing for adding visual information about object distance
- from the camera
- * Rendering information saved in the .DWG file
- * Rendered images saved in .TGA, .TIF, .BMP and .GIF formats
- * Rendering by entity or entire scene
- * Support of .BMP, .GIF, .TIF, .JPG, .PCX and .TGA files as background images
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- Materials and Materials Editing
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- * AutoVision Sample CD--a library of prebuilt materials for quickly developing
- photorealistic renderings
- * Bitmap images and 3D geometries
- * Windows and DOS browser utilities
- * Interactive editor for modifying and creating materials for customized
- materials/textures
- * Procedural textures for producing customized, seamless granite, wood and
- marble surfaces
- * Control of different material properties, including RGB color, ambient color
- reflectivity and transparency, for creating surfaces that range from plastic
- to chrome
- * Texture, bump, opacity and reflection mapping to achieve complex surfaces
- with depth and mirrored effects
- * Compatibility with nonprocedural 3D Studio materials for easy material
- exchange and animating of AutoVision files
- * Material assignment by entity, layer or AutoCAD Color Index (ACI)
- * Planar, spherical, solid and cylindrical mapping for easy alignment of maps
- with AutoCAD entities
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- Lighting
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- * Sophisticated lighting options, including ambient light and point, spot and
- distant lights
- * Sun Locator, with control over latitude, longitude and time of day,
- intensity and color, for simulating sun-shadow lighting effects
- * Control of light intensity, attenuation, color and shadowing to achieve
- desired lighting effects
- * Precise control over spotlights, including hot spot, falloff and color
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- Animation
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- * Camera-target path animation for creating architectural walk-throughs,
- mechanical fly-bys and animated sun/shadow studies
- * FLI(TM) and Flic(TM) animation creation
- * Freely distributable DOS or Windows Animation Player(TM) for playing
- back FLI and Flic animations
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- Landscape Components
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- * Landscape elements and other bitmap objects for enhancing scenes
- * Camera-aligned, single-face or crossing-face alignment
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- Compatibility with 3D Studio and Other Autodesk Software
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- * Reads and writes .3DS files
- * Works with 3D Studio materials and material libraries, making it easy to
- bring AutoVision files into 3D Studio for animating
- * Reads AutoCAD Render information for rendering with AutoVision software's
- high-quality renderer
- * Works with Autodesk 3D modeling programs, including AutoCAD Designer(R),
- Advanced Modeling Extension(R) (AME) and AutoSurf(TM) Release 2 software
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- AVAILABLE SEPARATELY
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- Enhance Your Work In AutoVision With the Texture Universe(TM) CD-ROM
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- Add richness and impact to your work with Texture Universe(TM), a CD-ROM
- collection of more than 425 high-quality textures and backgrounds--including
- collections of paints, scenes, fabrics, signs, rocks, water and many
- others--tailor-made for AutoVision
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- * Hundreds of textures that can be seamlessly tiled
- * Royalty-free use of all textures, subject to Texture Universe License
- Agreement
- * Windows and DOS browser utilities
- * All textures in 24-bit TGA, 8-bit GIF and BMP file formats
- * High- (756x512) and low-resolution versions included
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- System Requirements
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- AutoVision runs on 386/486 PCs under MS-DOS(R) or Microsoft Windows. It
- supports 8-, 16-, 24- and 32-bit display devices and works with rendering
- and display drivers included with AutoCAD Release 13 software. System
- requirements are the same as for the Windows and DOS versions of AutoCAD
- Release 13. Optional equipment includes a frame buffer and CD-ROM drive.
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- System requirements include:
- * AutoCAD Release 13 for DOS or Windows.
- * IBM or compatible 386/486/Pentium(R) PC.
- * An Intel(R) 80387 or 80487 math coprocessor.
- * Windows-supported VGA or higher video display. SVGA or Truecolor frame
- buffer recommended.
- * 8MB RAM. Additional memory will improve performance.
- * MS-DOS 3.31 or later. MS-DOS 5.0 or later recommended.
- * Microsoft Windows 3.1 (required for AutoVision Windows version only).
- * One 1.44MB, 3.5-inch floppy-disk drive.
- * Permanent swap file of 4 times the amount of RAM.
- * A Windows-supported mouse, digitizer or other pointing device.
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- Contact Your Authorized Autodesk Dealer
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- AutoVision is distributed and supported through a network of Authorized
- Autodesk Dealers. To locate a Dealer near you, call Autodesk at 800-879-4233.
- From outside the United States or Canada, please fax your request
- for information to 415-491-8303 (Latin America), 415-491-8398 (Asia/Pacific)
- or 41-22-788-2144 (Europe).
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- Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, AutoCAD, 3D Studio, Advanced Modeling Extension
- and AME are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. AutoVision, AutoSurf,
- Animation Player, FLI, Flic and Texture Universe are trademarks of Autodesk,
- Inc. MS-DOS is a registered of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand names,
- product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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- (C)1994 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.