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- DESIGN IT! 3-D Version 1.0
- RELEASE NOTES
- 29 June 1995
-
- Welcome to Design It! 3-D! Before you install the software,
- please read this file for important information. Also, you may want
- to print this file for handy reference before you begin working
- with Design It! 3-D.
-
- WHAT SHOULD I DO FIRST?
-
- Before you do anything else, please fill out and send in the
- registration card included with Design It! 3-D. Not only will
- we be able to keep you informed about updates to Design It! 3-D
- and other products that work with it, we will also be able to offer
- you better customer support should you need to contact us.
-
- HOW DO I INSTALL DESIGN IT! 3-D?
-
- To install:
-
- 1. From File Manager or Program Manager, select Run from the File menu.
-
- 2. At the Command Line, type d:\setup\setup
-
- 3. Follow the instructions in the dialog box to perform a Full or Custom
- installation.
-
- Although it is possible to run Design It! 3-D directly off the CD-ROM,
- we strongly recommend that you select the Full Installation and run the
- application from your hard drive. The Full Installation will optimize the
- performance of Design It! 3-D and give you more flexibility in
- running the application.
-
- WHAT DIRECTORIES WILL DESIGN IT! 3-D INSTALL ON MY HARD DRIVE IF I
- SELECT THE FULL INSTALLATION?
-
- The Design It! 3-D installer will create a directory on your hard
- disk called DSGNIT3D. Within this directory, in addition to the Design
- It! 3-D application and this Read Me file, you will find four
- sub-directories: 2GALLERY, 3GALLERY, SCENES, MODELS. These directories
- contain files which Design It! 3-D needs to operate. Please don't move or
- rename them or their contents.
-
- We have included dozens of sample scenes and models with Design It! 3-D.
- These scenes and models are for you to explore and enjoy. To get started,
- you might want to open one of them and select Play from the Walk menu. This
- will take you on a tour through the scene. You can stop the tour at any
- point by pressing the mouse button.
-
- WHAT VIDEO MODES WILL DESIGN IT! 3-D RUN IN?
-
- Design It! 3-D will run best with the VGA, SVGA and third-party 256-color
- display drivers. However, for the best combination of speed and image
- quality, we recommend that you run Design It! 3-D in 256 colors at
- 640 x 480 screen resolution.
-
- WHAT ARE DESIGN IT! 3-D'S MEMORY REQUIREMENTS?
-
- With simple models, Design It! 3-D will run with as little as 4 MB of
- memory. As models grow more complex, Design It! 3-D requires more memory.
- For complex models, such as some of those provided in the SCENES directory,
- we recommend you have at least 8 MB memory installed on your system.
- Windows can use Virtual Memory (using your hard-disk as temporary storage)
- but the results are less than desirable.
-
- If you are running on a machine with 4 megabytes of RAM, we recommend you
- use less complex scenes and objects. You can also avoid running other
- applications at the same time as Design It! 3-D.
-
- WHAT IS THE MEMORY INDICATOR?
-
- There is a memory indicator to the right of the Message Bar, at the lower
- right corner of your screen. The memory indicator contains a colored bar
- that shrinks and grows, indicating the amount of memory currently available
- to Design It! 3-D. If the bar indicates that your PC's memory resources
- are below 75 percent, the bar is colored blue. When the amount rises above
- 75 percent, the bar is red.