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1. Active3D 3D Electronic Part Modeler and Database User Guide www kov com The philosophy behind Kovac Software s vision is the desire to provide a suite of software tools to enable today s engineers to develop world class electronic solutions to today s problems and have fun doing it llija Kovacevic Architect and developer of Auto TRAX Notice This program is a propriety product of Kovac Software and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty Use of this software is subject to acceptance of the Kovac Software End User License agreement included in this software package Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Kovac Software The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement which states the terms for use of this product The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into another language without the written permission of Kovac Software This manual utilizes fictitious names for the purpose of demonstration references to actual persons companies or organizations 1s strictly coincidental Trademarks and Copyrights Copyright 2000 2001 llija Kovacevic All rights reserved AutoTRAX and Active3D are registered trademarks of llija Kovacevic Adobe and Adobe Acrobat
2. The Options dialog Select lt Tools Options gt to view the Options dialog The options dialog contains several tabbed dialogs that group together configuration settings These are e General e Toolbars e Custom Toolbars General options The General options tab is shown below 34 Calais Tafira Oase Toi E E Hein Li sl E Pakad ki prta e iraa E harbi go e aep E CT Ku va 2 j a v Esih par Jj u Eoria cal I zi oo Previous file list size Enter the maximum number of previous files to display in the File menu The maximum number is 15 Units Enter the units that you wish to use You can use millimeters centimeters meters thou thousandths of an inch or inches Reload last project on startup Check this to reload the last project that you saved when you start Auto TRAX View Enable spin Enable objects to spin if you rotate the view and then release the left mouse button View Backface culling Speed up redraw by not drawing surfaces facing away from you Snap to grid Enable objects to snap to the grid X Y and Z are the grid spacings Toolbars The Tools Options Custom Toolbars tab is shown below AutoTRAX gives you complete control over the toolbars displayed in your workspace You can create toolbars add buttons to a toolbar remove buttons and rearrange buttons Genma Toes Corte Tatham Tess remm E po Tooter the LB Ba _ 20 l Fia F Cgal Lak Gem M L ps Gece 35
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6. Adding Buttons to a Toolbar You can add buttons to a toolbar The Custom Toolbars tab shown above contains a Categories list box which displays the type of commands you can use When you select a category in the list box the associated commands appear in the Buttons box to the right Manly of the commands featured in the functional categories are not included in the default toolbars so take a few minutes to review your options and pick you favorites to help improve your productivity Many of the command names also have buttons associated with them and these tend to make the most efficient toolbar buttons If you want to learn more about what a button does you can either e Click the button The Description area will display information on what the button does e Hover the mouse cursor over the button A tooltip will appear as shown below m Buttons alelglclelglselclal To add a button to a toolbar follow these steps 1 Display the toolbar you wish to modify 2 Choose Tools Options from the main menu and select the Custom Toolbars tab 3 Click the group in the Categories list box containing the command you wish to select For example to select the Mail button a button than does the same as the lt File Send gt menu item click the File category 4 Drag the button you want from the dialog box to the target toolbar As you drag the mouse pointer changes to a toolbar pointer Place the button exactly where you want
7. Back button Home This will take you to the Kovac Software web site www kov com Print This will print the current topic Options This will be display a popdown list of options See below Er _ Options Hide Tabs Back Forward Home Stop Refresh Internet Options Print Search Highlight Off Hide Tabs Hides the contents tab If you select this the contents tab will be hidden TA Show button will then replace the button Select this to show the contents tab Back This will be taken to the last topic that you viewed Forward The Forward button will only have an effect after you use the Back button If you click it the Help window will display the topic you viewed BEFORE you clicked the Back button 42 Home This will take you to the Kovac Software web site www kov com Stop Stops search Refresh Updated the information pane Internet Options Sets Internet options See your Internet Explorer Help System Search Highlight On Off Turns On Off Highlighting text in displayed topics Browse sequences Many topics in the Active3D Help System are part of an overall stream of information For example there are several topics that cover how to start a form These topics are part of the Starting a Design Browse Sequence which you can read from beginning to end without having to click a hyperlink Simply use the Previous and Next buttons Peas Nex to flip through the related information as if
8. EVEN IF KOVAC SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LICENSE FEE REFLECTS THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK In any event if any statute implies warranties or conditions not stated in this License Agreement Kovac Software s entire liability under any provision of this License Agreement shall be limited to the greater of the amount actually paid by You to license the Software Product and Five United States Dollars US 5 00 or in the case of Support Services providing such Support Services again or refunding the cost thereof Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages the above limitation may not apply to You Copyright c 2001 Kovac Software All Rights Reserved Kovac Software Fair Oak Skeath Lane Sandon Bank Stafford ST18 9TD England Index 3 A o eE A ee ee 10 A A 15 16 17 18 19 21 36 38 IDO io dit 15 49 Eege Eegen 16 Llao La PA e na 16 41 dU fe E Shape EE 18 teen ld EE 36 A A 0 0 nan 21 LA eee ee eee eee eee 19 revolved os AAA a e PO E O En A 17 PNOO cai E e deter calie cepts een gis ina aati nc plana ceil bamaneeuaindeeanavedwaieateniosas 16 textured DACKOrOUNO ce ahs rios tl iaa 38 ACONO sti ii 20 PPP PPP meets reteset ec cc nape gos beige oe as acs A 20 C A e EE 33 A e Po oa 33 A A o OO E RO UE 27 o WEE 35 Belle TEE 26 35 E A 35 GONQUCTO eeneg 27
9. Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the revolved surface you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box REVOLVED SURFACE den a P Oae l Smoot Sides Enter the number of sides Faceted surfaces only Circular must be unchecked 20 Circular Check to create a circular revolved surface Uncheck to create a faceted surface Smooth Check to smooth a surface See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing wires To edit a wire 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu pu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the wire you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box WIRE Fac 4 Exad der Uu Wire radius Enter the diameter of the wire Bend radius Enter the radius of bends See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize o
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12. application but you can have it floating or docked to the bottom of the application Thumbwheels There are 2 types of thumbwheels These are used to continuously vary a numeric value Horizontal Vertical Creating saving and opening models Opening models To open a previously saved model select lt FilelOpen gt from the main menu Saving models To save a previously saved model select lt File Save gt from the main menu To save a new model select lt FilelSave As gt from the main menu Viewing Single and multiple views You can elther have 1 or 4 views of the model Check the lt View Single viewport gt menu item from the main menu to have a single viewport Uncheck the lt View Single viewport gt menu item from the main menu to 4 viewports The current viewport will has a red border To select another viewport click the left mouse button in the viewport you wish to select Zooming in and out To zoom in or out you can either 1 Place the mouse in camera mode by selecting lt EditiCamera gt from the main menu 2 Rotate the mouse thumbwheel if you have one or 1 Press the PgDn or PgUp key on the keyboard or 1 Selecting either e lt View Zoom In gt or e lt ViewZoomJiO0ut gt or from the main menu 10 Panning To pan the current view you can elther 1 2 Place the mouse in camera mode by selecting lt Edit Camera gt from the main menu Hold down the left mouse b
13. are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc Microsoft Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT Access ODBC are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other products listed are the trademarks of their respective owners Patent Information This software contains designs that are patent pending Kovac Software Fair Oak Skeath Lane Sandon Bank Stafford ST18 9TD England www kov com Document Number and Revision Document Number 100 0001 Revision A Effective Date Monday May 13 2002 Contents NOTICO aia 6 Notice This program is a propriety product of Kovac Software and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty Use of this software is subject to acceptance of the Kovac Software End User License agreement included in this software package Information in this electronic manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Kovac Software The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement which states the terms for use of this product The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that agreement No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into another language without the written permission of Kovac Software This manual utilizes fictitious names for the purpose of demonstration references to actual persons companies or org
14. dl er e nz be eed A E A dr v d E L Ve E Le i rt g kh s alice AAA sal eg e bf CN A A O IN E d Si J On the top is a navigation bar On the left is a set of tabbed windows these are 40 Contents A list of Books with How to topic pages Index A index of all words in the help topics Search A powerful search engine to help you find relevant topics Favorites A list of your favorite topics e A Glossary To the right of the tabbed windows is the information pane that contains the selected topic Finally above the information pane is a browse sequence to assist you in browsing through related topics Viewing the contents The Table of Contents for the Help system contains a collection of Books on different Subjects Click a book icon to open the book and view the topic pages in the book Books can also contain other Books A Book can also be views as a Chapter The help topics have been designed to answer How To questions Gortents pde sec Frane 2 vie A to La 5 eh Sg du See ee III Searching for help If you can t find the Help you re looking for with the Contents or the Index tab use the Search function To search for a phrase or a combination of words you can use Boolean terms AND OR NOT Gentes ipi Search Pavan ld cdo Je ua Tonic Dame almera Pam TU Denti pre PA E jalo fe eat ri FP Sac ee ky 41 Type
15. factor The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be controlled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small values for the roughness such as 0 1 or less Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off This model is appropriate for representing mirror like surface finishes ambient factor 0 1 diffuse factor 0 1 specular factor 0 8 mirror factor 0 8 roughness 0 0625 Phong Phong style reflectance A reflectance model conforming with the popular Phong model in which reflections are greatest in the mirror direction of a surface opposite the viewing direction with respect to the surface normal Reflectance coefficients are provided which allow specification of the amount of ambient diffuse and specular light reflected corresponding to arguments ambient factor diffuse factor and specular factor respectively The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be controlled by means of argument exponent The reflection is made sharper with large values of the exponent such as 10 0 Small values such as 1 0 decrease the specular fall off The color of the specular highlights is filtered by the color argument specular color This model is Suitable for shiny or highly polished materials such as ceramic or glass ambient factor 1 0 diffuse factor 0 75 specular factor 0 5 exponent 10 0 specular color LtColour 1 0 1 0 1 0 Plastic Glos
16. file from www kov com Active3D requires that your video card be 16 bit high color or higher It must also have a minimum resolution of 800x600 Right clicking on your desktop and selecting the Settings tab can change video setting To install Active3D Insert the CD ROM The installation program should start automatically unless auto start is disabled on your PC If the installation does not start open your Explorer and double click on the SETUP EXE file on the CD ROM Follow the on screen instructions Most of the instructions can simply be confirmed by clicking the Next button If you wish you can customize the installation directory or the location of the applications icon in the Start menu The icon normally appears under the Programs sub menu Active3D setup will automatically set all ATX files to display the Active3D document icon Any files which have the icon assigned can be opened in Active3D by double clicking on the file Operating Systems The developers of AutoT RAX have found Windows 2000 to be far superior in performance and reliability to Windows 98 and in fact strongly discourage the use of Windows 98 Memory The more memory you have the better You are recommended to have at 256 Mbytes The Mouse To get the best out of Auto TRAX you are strongly advised to purchase a 3 button mouse with a thumbwheel Video Card Auto TRAX takes full advantage of hardware acceleration of the current range of graphics card t
17. it on the toolbar and then release the mouse button Auto TRAX will shift existing buttons to the right to make room for the new button Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add additional buttons if necessary When you have finished click the OK button Removing Unwanted Buttons lf you have wish to remove one or more buttons from an existing toolbar follow these steps 1 Display the toolbar you wish to modify 2 Choose Tools Options from the main menu and select the Custom Toolbars tab 3 Pick the toolbar and then the button you want to remove Click and drag the toolbar button the one on the toolbar not the one in the dialog box away from the toolbar and release the mouse button and the toolbar will be removed from your toolbar Continue to remove as many buttons as you like Click OK when you are finished Rearranging Toolbar Buttons You can also change the order of toolbar buttons or move buttons from one toolbar to another while the Options dialog box is open and the Custom Toolbars tab is selected Like adding and removing toolbar buttons rearranging toolbar buttons is a matter of dragging the buttons from one location to another To rearrange toolbar buttons follow these steps 1 Display the toolbar you want to rearrange If you want to move buttons from one 36 toolbar to another display both toolbars 2 Choose Tools Options from the main menu and select the Custom Toolbars tab 3 Drag toolbar buttons from one location to the
18. like materials ambient factor 1 0 diffuse factor 0 5 specular factor 0 5 chrome factor 0 3 roughness 0 1 Conductor Physically accurate metallic simulation using ray tracing supporting reflection A reflectance model that supports secondary mirrored views through ray tracing Fresnel filtering is incorporated for accurate modeling of light interaction on the surfaces of objects Reflectance coefficients are provided which allow specification of the amount of ambient 22 diffuse and specular light components and the contribution made by light reflected in the mirror direction corresponding to arguments ambient factor diffuse factor specular factor and mirror factor respectively The sharpness of specularly reflected highlights can be controlled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small values for the roughness such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off The conductor s indices of refraction for red green and blue light are given by the arguments refraction red refraction green and refraction blue respectively Similarly the absorption coefficients for red green and blue light are given by absorption red absorption green and absorption blue respectively This model is appropriate for simulating metallic surface finishes accurately The default values for the refraction and absorption coefficients correspond to those for silver The appro
19. mouse to the other corner of the cylinders base and release the left mouse button when the base is the correct size or 3 Click the left mouse button to start the cylinders base drag 12 the mouse until the base is the required size and then click the left mouse button again 4 Next move the mouse to set the height of the cylinder and finally click the left mouse button Adding a torus To add a torus 0 Select lt Add Torus gt from the main menu 1 Move the mouse to the center of the torus Then either 2 Press down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to set diameter of the torus Release the left mouse button when the torus is the correct size 3 Now move the mouse again to set the diameter of the outer tube Click the left mouse button when the tube diameter is the correct size Adding a revolved surface To create a revolved surface you need to define a profile and a rotation axis Aria l Profile ul With closed revolved surfaces the rotation axis Is set at Revolver Parameters the first defined point of the profile To create a closed revolved surface 1 Select lt Add Revolved Surface gt from the main menu The dialog box shown below will appear Sides Enter the number of sides Faceted surfaces only Circular must be unchecked Circular Check to create a circular revolved surface Uncheck to create a faceted surface Smooth Check to smooth a surface Click the OK button to start the creation
20. or very CH close to the first profile point Faceted revolved surfaces Circular Faceted Revolved surfaces can be circular of faceted You define each type either at the start of the creation of revolved surfaces or using the object properties dialog 14 Adding an extruded shape An extruded surface is a flat profile that is extruded pulled out in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the profile To create an extruded surface you need to first create the profile and then extrude it profile extruded profile To create an extruded surface 1 Select lt Add Extrusion gt from the main menu 2 Move the mouse to the first corner of the profile and click the left mouse button 3 Move the mouse button and click the left mouse button to define more corners of the profile Move the mouse over the first point and click the left mouse button to close the profile 4 Now move the mouse to define the height of the extrusion Click the left mouse button when the extrusion is the correct height Adding a revolved shape You can create revolved surfaces similar to the ones below A revolved surface is a profile that is rotated around a rotation axis Revolved surfaces with a hole Closed revolved surfaces To create a revolved surface you therefore need to define a profile and a rotation axis Two type of revolved surfaces can be creates 1 Closed revolved surfaces 2 Revolved surfaces with a central hole a
21. values for the roughness such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off The dielectric s index of refraction for all wavelengths of light is given by the argument re fraction The default value for the refractive index corresponds to that for glass The appropriate value for other dielectrics can be obtained from published data in handbooks of optical constants This model is appropriate for simulating glass surface finishes ambient factor 0 0 diffuse factor 0 0 specular factor 0 9 transmission factor 0 9 mirror factor 0 9 roughness 0 1 23 refraction 1 59144 Environment A reflectance model providing environment mapping Reflectance coefficients are provided as arguments which allow specification of the ambient ambient factor diffuse diffuse factor specular specular factor and environment environment factor terms The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be con trolled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small values for the roughness such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off A scaling factor for the area of sampling in the global environment map is given by angle scale a value of 0 will cause point sampling a value greater than the default of 1 will cause diffuse environment reflections This model is suitable for reflective materials such as shiny metals ambient factor 1 0 diffus
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24. Search Favorites lr Overview Welcome gt Remove Display Current topic Welcome Add The Glossary The Glossary is a list explaining important terms acronyms and technical jargon Favorites Glossary 4 gt Term Definition for SPICE Simulation Program for Integrated Circuit Emulation f you come across a word or acronym in the Help Topics that you don t understand then check for a definition in the Glossary The topic you are reading in the Information pane of the Help window will remain visible while you are searching for it Printing the help information Click the Print button in the Navigation bar Glossary arc 44 A curved line bmp Bitmap a rasterized graphic format in which the image is represented as a combination of dots The TIFF and JPEG formats are variants of the bitmap file type cancel To place your cursor over an object toolbar button menu or other screen item and press the left mouse button cut copy 1 or more objects to the clipboard and then delete them not from the clipboard They can then be pasted ellipse A squashed circle footprint A collection of pads and silkscreen graphics representing a physical component It defines the electrical points to route to grid A design aid that helps you place objects on your sheet The Snap to Grid function when enabled causes objects to jump to the nearest grid point This function can also h
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27. a word or a phrase in the Type in the keyword to find field Click the List Topics button A list of topics will appear in the Select Topic to display window Select a topic and click the Display button The topic will appear in the Help window Many topics contain drop down and expanding links The word or phrase you are searching for may be in one of these links and not immediately visible Click these links which are not underlined making them distinguishable from hyperlink jumps to view the entire contents of the Help topic MP NN The information pane The pane showing this text is the information pane The Information Pane is where you will find the actual topic you have requested If the topic is larger than the available display space you can use the scroll bars to view the rest of the topic You can also expand the entire Help window so more of the topic is visible Navigating help topics The navigation bar at the top of the Help System assists you in moving from topic to topic lt gt ch SC Hide Back Forward Home Print Options Hide Hides the contents tab If you select this the contents tab will be hidden A Show button will then replace the button Select this to show the contents tab Back This will be taken to the last topic that you viewed Forward The Forward button will only have an effect after you use the Back button If you click it the Help window will display the topic you viewed BEFORE you clicked the
28. anizations is strictly coincidental Trademarks Copyright O 2000 2001 llija Kovacevic All rights reserved AutoTRAX and Active3D are registered trademarks of llija Kovacevic Adobe and Adobe Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc Microsoft Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT Access ODEC are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other products listed are the trademarks of their respective owners Introduction Welcome and congratulations on choosing Active3D a modeler design exclusively to work with AutoTRAX a leading Electronic Design Automation EDA tool designed to help you produce world class electronic designs that you will be proud of and also enjoy designing We are confident that it will deliver many years of increased productivity superior designs and above all enjoyment Great emphasis was place on ease of use and your productivity during the design of Active3D This ensures that Active3D utilizes the full power of your computer and puts it to work for you not you working for the computer You want to easily and quickly express your designs and test their working You do not want to fight with the computer AutoTRAX is a Microsoft Windows based program suite designed to enable both the professional electronic engineer and the causal hobbyist electronic engineer to rapidly develop Installation Active3D is distributed either on a CDROM or as a downloadable executable exe
29. bjects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Setting object colors To edit an objects color 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the object you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Color properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box 21 Morena Surface Type Check the surface type Matte Phong Plastic Dielectric Metal Conductor Glass Mirror Chrome e Environment Color and color parameters see the details in the above topics Chrome A chrome like reflectance using a two dimensional chrome map Description A reflectance model providing a chrome like effect which generates a reflection pattern from a two dimensional array of colors The map is projected onto surfaces using a spherical mapping Reflectance coefficients are provided which allow specification of the amount of ambient diffuse specular and chrome light reflected corresponding to arguments ambient factor diffuse factor specular factor and chrome factor respectively The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be controlled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small values for the roughness such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off This model is suitable for shiny or highly polished chrome
30. ct using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the object you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Texture properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box Object Properties Pastrana Coda Titer Teias ingg Image map An image that is wrapped around the surface of the object Opacity map Transparency shader which varies coverage alpha value depending on angle between surface normal and view direction Useful for creating glow effects when applied to spheroid surfaces such as spheres or elipsoids Such spheres are placed around a light source this transparency shader is applied and the effect is of a spherical glow around the light source Bump map A wrapped displacement shader providing a bump map from an image file in a supported format The file name for the image file is supplied as the file name parameter Using the object properties dialog box To edit an objects properties 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt EditiSelect gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the object The properties dialog box will then 21 appear gg gt ho o a del da deg Ai The properties dialog box consists of 4 tabbed dialog pages Parameters The objects editable parameters See editing objects e Box e Cylinder e Sphere e Cone e Extruded surface
31. ducts and design resources Obtaining information about your copy of Active3D Select lt Help About gt from the main menu to display information about your copy of Active3D A dialog box similar to the one shown below will be displayed 39 About Active 3D Active3D Copy E TES Da Eo or Poa ik Seth Loe Breia Deech Extra ETS ST Erra Wie ip ri open Eregi deaf fke Cen Tite pete F AA EA fret on Mfr P DOT og Pre ZE ear egy Cok led al dr CONFIDENTIAL Tu paa pees Ee copa eg ee ed eed AL Lele pode or Gerber of ih AENA or E O O AAA AA iiba Mes Les l me Registering your copy of Active3D To register your copy of Active3D Select lt Help Register gt from the main menu You will then be taken to the registration page on Kovac Software s web site The Help System The AutoTRAX Help System is designed to rapidly assist you in learning how to use AutoT RAX It is task orientated with each topic based on How do do questions This is in sharp contrast to conventional help systems which are more like a reference manual The Help System is displayed in a window that looks and acts very much like a web browser see below Active3D Pecan op Fer o rd ara en er LG A A TE Se ple YEr e i 13 GHG Ap rive b vgl dd ps Ego fe FE ca ET ls YA ARANA r r Fa Ke Ke N Steen S SIE ep Act pre Ar e A irrg Se eg Aca a Ex Sch Hen Se dl sor a a UF oe ah d i mima erry A rr rer yd ue A Seg ied
32. e Revolved surface Color The objects color Texture The texture images applied to the surface of the object Texture mapping The texture mapping mode tiling scale etc Moving and resizing objects To move an object 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Select the object 3 Hold down the left mouse button over the object and drag the mouse Release to mouse button when the object is in the right position Placing objects on the ground To place objects on the ground base of object at Z 0 1 Select the object 2 Select the lt Tools Place on ground gt from the main menu Centering objects To center objects at the origin 1 Select the object 2 Select the lt Tools Place at Center gt from the main menu 28 Resizing objects To resize an object 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt EditiSelect gt from the main menu Select the object Hold down the left mouse button over the object and elther drag the mouse one of the yellow corner boxes to move a corner or drag one of the green face balls to move a face o oe ON Rotating objects To rotate an object 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Rotate gt from the main menu 2 Select the object 3 Hold down the left mouse button over the object and drag the mouse Rotating 90 about axes To rotate objects 90 about an axis 1 Select t
33. e factor 0 5 specular factor 0 5 environment factor 0 3 roughness 0 1 angle scale 1 0 Glass Approximation of glass like materials using ray tracing Supporting reflection and refraction Description A reflectance model that supports an approximation of glass like materials that have both reflective and transmissive properties Secondary mirrored and transmitted views are incorporated by the use of ray tracing Reflectance coefficients are provided as arguments which allow specification of the amount of the specular light component specular factor and the contribution made by light from the mirror mirror factor and transmission transmission factor directions The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be controlled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small values for the roughness such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off The index of refraction for all wavelengths of light is given by the argument refraction The default value for the refractive index corresponds to that for glass The appropriate value for other materials can be obtained from published data in handbooks of optical constants This model is appropriate for approximating glass surface finishes specular factor 0 5 transmission factor 0 9 mirror factor 0 1 roughness 0 1 refraction 1 59144 Matte Dull matte like reflectance A reflectance model providing a dul
34. elp you draw perfectly straight lines and round circles group Arrange a collection of objects so that the act as a single object The move together are all selected together hover To place your cursor over an object a toolbar button or a menu item without actually clicking jpeg Joint Photographic Experts Group a rasterized graphic format left click To place your cursor over an object tooloar button menu or other screen item and press the right mouse button OK The OK button on a dialog box confirms any changes or commands you have initiated paste to copy add paste objects from the clipboard onto a sheet PCB Printed Circuit Board png Portable Network Graphic a 48 bit graphic format designed especially for online viewing and endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium W30 properties The characteristics that define an object right click To place your cursor over an object tooloar button menu or other screen item and press the right mouse button shortcut A keyboard combination that acts as a shortcut for a command snap force a point to snap to a regular grid thumbwheel The rotating wheel in the middle of some mice 45 tiff Tagged Image File Format a rasterized graphic format toolbar A group of buttons on a dialog box wmf Windows MetaFile a 16 bit graphic format typically used for vector drawings License Agreement THIS KOVAC SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT
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36. he object 2 Select elther lt Tools Rotate 90 about X axis gt from the main menu or lt Tools Rotate 90 about Y axis gt from the main menu or lt Tools Rotate 90 about Z axis gt from the main menu Grouping objects together To ungroup a group 1 Select the objects 2 Select lt Edit Group gt from the main menu Ungrouping objects that are in a group To ungroup a group 1 Select the group 2 Select lt Edit Ungroup gt from the main menu Deleting objects To delete objects you can either 1 Select the objects 2 Select lt EditiCut gt from the main menu Deleting all objects To delete all objects you can elther 1 Select lt EditiClear gt from the main menu 29 or 1 Select lt Edit Select all gt from the main menu 2 Select lt EditiCut gt from the main menu Changing colors You can change an objects color using 1 The object s property dialog or 2 Dragging a color texture map from the parts library toolbar Copying objects to the clipboard To copy objects to the clipboard 1 Select the objects 2 Select lt Edit Copy gt from the main menu Pasting objects from the clipboard To paste objects from the clipboard Select lt Edit Paste gt from the main menu Drawing aids Adding a footprint When creating a model for a PCB part it is advantageous to have the footprint available With Active3D you can add a footprint by selecting lt Tools Add footprint gt from the mai
37. his License Agreement 2 Ownership Title ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Software Product shall remain in Kovac Software and its suppliers and are protected by US and international copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties The Software Product is licensed not sold There is no transfer to You of any title to or ownership of the Software Product and the license granted under this License Agreement should not be construed as a sale of any right in the Software Product You must treat the Software Product like any other copyrighted materials e g a book or musical recording except that You may make one copy of the Software Product solely for backup or archival purposes with the inclusion of all copyright and other proprietary notices only as long as You otherwise comply with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement You may not make additional copies of the Software Product You may not copy the printed materials accompanying the Software Product All rights not specifically granted under this License Agreement are reserved by Kovac Software 3 Description of Other Rights and Limitations 46 Limitations on Reverse Engineering Decompilation and Disassembly Other Restrictions You acknowledge that the Software Product in source code form remains a confidential trade secret of Kovac Software and therefore You agree not to reverse engineer
38. itor check box allows you to drag items across your screen onto alternate monitors Or you can resize a window to stretch it across more than one monitor To use the multiple monitor support feature you need a PCI or AGP video adapter for each monitor If you have an onboard video adapter one that is not a plug in card but is part of the motherboard that you want to use as part of a multiple monitor configuration it must be set as VGA The User Interface Numeric entry controls AutoTRAX incorporates a unique method of number entry lt consists of a combination of a numeric entry box an up and down arrow and a popdown calculator as shown below for the variable x You can change the value by elther Clicking on the numeric entry box showing 4 75 in this case and typing the new numeric value or Clicking on the numeric entry box and then rotating the middle thumbwheel on your mouse If you have one or Clicking either the up or down arrows on the right of the numeric entry box or Press down the left mouse button over either the up or down arrow and dragging the mouse up or down the screen to increase or decrease the numeric value or Click the small button on the left of the numeric entry field The calculator show below will appear You can then use it by clicking on the numbers and or keys Click Enter when you have done The main menu The main menu contains all the popdown menu commands lt is initially at the top of the
39. l matte appearance Reflectance coefficients are provided to allow specification of the amount of ambient and diffuse light reflected in arguments ambient factor and diffuse factor respectively This model is suitable for non glossy materials such as brick or fabric ambient factor 1 0 diffuse factor 1 0 Metal 24 Shiny metallic reflectance Description A reflectance model providing a specular metallic appearance Reflectance coefficients are provided to allow specification of the amount of ambient and specular light reflected in arguments ambient factor and specular factor respectively The sharpness of specular re flections can be controlled by means of the roughness argument The reflection is made sharper with small roughness values less than 1 such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off This model is suitable for most metallic materials such as steel or brass ambient factor 1 0 specular factor 1 0 roughness 0 25 Mirror Approximation of mirror reflecting materials using ray tracing supporting reflection Description A reflectance model that supports secondary mirrored views through ray tracing Reflectance coefficients are provided as arguments which allow specification of the amount of ambient light ambient factor diffuse light diffuse factor and specular light specular factor components and the contribution made by light reflected in the mirror direction mirror
40. n menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the box you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box E ME Ceh IR Haigh LE Width The width of the box Depth The depth of the box Height The height of the box See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing spheres To edit a sphere 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the sphere you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box SPHERE E o Radius The width of the sphere See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing cylinders To edit a cylinder 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 18 2 Double click the left mouse button o
41. n menu This will display the Open Footprint dialog shown below Open Footprint Ke Deag Fis jis chad ire The a zl Ki Select the footprint from the list of names on the left and click on the Open button to add it to the scene Below is an example of a DIP14 footprint added to a scene 30 Below is the same footprint with a box added to represent a 3D part This is a very simple representation and you may wish to add terminals and a texture map to improve realism NOTE The footprint is saved with the model of the part and there is no need to delete it as it is not used when building a model of a complete PCB Displaying a grid To display a grid Select lt View Grid gt from the main menu Snapping to a grid To toggle snapping points to a grid Select lt EditiSnap to grid gt from the main menu Showing the X Y Z axis To display a grid Select lt View Axis gt from the main menu 31 The X axis is in red The Y axis is in green The Z axis Is in blue The negative direction is dotted Photorendering Creating a photorealistic picture To create a photorealistic picture Select lt View Photorenders from the main menu Adding a textured background To add a textured background 1 Select lt Add Background image gt from the main menu Printing Selecting an configuring the printer To setup and configure the printer Select lt File Print Setup gt from the main menu The Print Setu
42. nately a hard drive crash will not save enable recovery of the users work if a RAID system was not used By chance during the creation of the actual paragraph using Word 2000 on Windows 2000 Professional the computer decided to reboot All the work was lost so it had to be retyped Getting a tip of the day when you start Active3D Every time you start Active3D you can optionally display a Tip of the Day to help you learn how the get the most out of Auto TRAX The Tip of the Day dialog is shown below Tip of the Day DI Ek Did yi ier a T a i OO i Dream Tig E ria Tga El lo Every time it is displayed it displays another helpful tip To display the Tip of the Day select lt Help Tip of the Day gt from the main menu lf you do not want to see the tips at startup uncheck Show Tip at Startup To cycle through the tips click the Next Tip or Previous Tip buttons I wish Active3D would do this Do you have a feature that you would like to see in Active3D If so select lt Help Wish List gt from the main menu This will guide you to Kovac Software s web site and will allow you to request new features Your features will be considered and hopefully included in new versions You will be notified by email Kovac Software on the Web Select lt Help Kovac Software on the Net gt from the main menu to go to the Kovac Software home web page There you will find information on new versions other useful pro
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44. next When you release the mouse button the button you have just dragged will be relocated 4 Continue to rearrange as many buttons as you like Click OK when you are finished Custom toolbars The Tools Options Custom Toolbars tab is shown below AutoTRAX gives you complete control over the toolbars displayed in your workspace You can create toolbars add buttons to a toolbar remove buttons and rearrange buttons Gana Tasers A TA Cam D se Cem e O Pare Dk k Cao Par Co i bic do dr Ll Erico Cang e bro la mF colar HE hat aa ee ee 7 The Shortcut Keys dialog The Shortcut Keys dialog is shown below Create Shortcut First select one of the command macros from the macro list You will then be prompted for the keyboard key to act as the shortcut key 37 Assign Shortcut E IK Press new shortcut key Cancel Type key You can press the Alt Shift and Ctrl key at the same time Showing and hiding toolbars Select lt Tools Options gt from the main menu and select the Toolbars tab For more information see the Toolbars tab Creating new toolbars Select lt Tools Options gt from the main menu and select the Custom Toolbars tab For more information see the Custom Toolbars tab Adding and removing keyboard shortcuts See the Shortcuts dialog Adding new buttons to toolbars Select lt Tools Options gt from the main menu and select the Cust
45. o give you real time true WSIWG what you see is what you get viewing lt is recommended to use 24bit color and a resolution Of 1024x768 or 1280x1024 Using a larger resolution may slow down the speed of the graphics as more pixels need to be drawn Using a lower resolution makes it more difficult to manage floating toolbars and dialog boxes Multiple monitors Multiple Monitors With the advent of Windows 98 and Windows 2000 you now have the capability of adding additional monitors to your computer AutoT RAX can be used with multiple monitors and the floating toolbars and dialogs can be positioned on these additional monitors Auto T RAX remembers their position when it restarts All you need is an additional graphics card and monitor See the Windows documentation of setting up the additional monitor For Windows 2000 1 Turn off your computer 2 Insert your additional Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI or Accelerated Graphics Port AGP video adapter into an available slot 3 Plug your additional monitor into the card 4 Turn on your computer Windows 2000 will detect the new video adapter and install the appropriate drivers 5 Open Display in Control Panel 6 On the Settings tab click the monitor icon that represents the monitor you want to use in addition to your primary monitor 7 Select the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box and then click Apply or OK 8 Selecting the Extend my Windows desktop onto this mon
46. om Toolbars tab For more information see the Custom Toolbars tab Getting help and support Fault recovery The recovery file Before all operations the current state of the design is saved on an undo stack In addition before any significant operation that modifies the design database the current design is save to as recovery file on the hard drive When Active3D terminates normally the recovery file is deleted However if the operation fails and Active3D terminates due to a serious error then the recovery file is not deleted The presence of the recovery file will be detected when Active3D is restarted and the user will be prompted to load the recovery file This will restore the design to the point just before the serious error occurred The user will not have lost any work If the operating system fails due to say a power outage Active3D will detect the recovery file on restart allowing the user to recover their work In this case at most only the last operation is lost One of the main advantages of the recovery file is the improved effective reliability of using Active3D and the effect that recovery has after a program or system failure Imagine if you will the user having worked on a design for 2 hours without saving the design and then the program crashes or the power goes off The user will be none too pleased Now imagine 38 their delight when then start up Active3D again to find that their work is still there NOTE Unfortu
47. p dialog will be shown The Print Setup dialog box shown below shows the print setup dialog for a HP LaserJet 5L printer l ain LEDI Previewing the printed output 32 To preview the printed output Select lt File Print Preview gt from the main menu The Print Preview dialog will be shown Recovery Activwes0 Models Printing the current model image To print the current design Select lt File Print gt from the main menu The Print Dialog shown below will be displayed The dialog below shows the print dialog for a HP LaserJet 5L printer If may be different from your printer as some printers have their own dialogs Print Pa Liane Ercpa an Set Fimi Tas Ls A ehh LETI m al Dear M Pad rara Disa E Hab od gopi y Pagar aww n tex s e e KS Mailing your model to others To mail the current model to another person Select lt File Send gt from the main menu The mail dialog box shown below will be displayed 33 Untited Message Plain Text Ele Edt few est Fest oot ioe ER and Ne a O Tha r euag Pal ral ee LE The current design has been attached to the email message Fill in the To CC and Subject fields Type in any notes in the text message area Click the Send button at the top left to send the design Customizing_Active3D Setting Options All Active3D program settings are changeable using either e The Options Dialog or e The Shortcut Keys Dialog
48. priate values for other conductors can be obtained from published data in handbooks of optical constants a sample of the properties of some common metallic looking materials is given in the table below ambient factor 0 1 diffuse factor 0 1 specular factor 0 8 mirror factor 0 8 roughness 0 1 refraction red 0 13764 refraction green 0 128079 refraction blue 0 156556 absorption red 3 75633 absorption green 4 37743 absorption blue 2 3437 Dielectric Physically accurate glass like simulation using ray tracing Supporting reflection A reflectance model that supports an accurate simulation of dielectric glass like materials that have both reflective and transmissive properties Secondary mirrored and transmitted views are incorporated by the use of ray tracing Fresnel filtering is incorporated for the specular reflection the mirrored view and the transmitted view for accurate modeling of light interaction on the surfaces of objects Reflectance coefficients are provided which allow specification of the amount of ambient diffuse and specular light components and the contribution made by light from the mirror and transmission directions corresponding to arguments ambient factor diffuse factor specular factor mirror factor and transmission factor respectively The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be controlled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small
49. process 2 Move the mouse to the first point of the profile and click the left mouse button This defines both the axis and the first point You will see a straight line representing the axis and the profile in white 3 Move the mouse and left click the mouse button to set each side 4 Finally to finish the profile left click the mouse button on or very close to the red axis Adding a revolved surface with a hole To create a revolved with a hole surface you need to define a profile and a rotation axis Ais Profile re With revolved surface with a hole the rotation axis is set at the first defined point of the profile To create a revolved Revolver Parameters surface with a hole 1 Select lt Add Revolved Surface with hole gt from the main menu The dialog box shown below will appear Sides Enter the number of sides Faceted surfaces only Circular must be unchecked Circular Check to create a circular revolved surface Uncheck to create a faceted surface Smooth Check to smooth a surface Click the OK button to start the creation process ort emm 2 Move the mouse to the set the rotation axis and click the left mouse button This defines both the axis 3 Next move the mouse to the first point of the profile and click the left mouse button You will see the profile in white 3 Move the mouse and left click the mouse button to set each side 4 Finally to finish the profile left click the mouse button on
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51. sy plastic like reflectance A reflectance model providing a specular effect which is similar to the Phong model Reflectance coefficients are provided which allow specification of the amount of ambient diffuse and specular light reflected corresponding to arguments ambient factor diffuse 25 factor and specular factor respectively The sharpness of the specular reflection highlights can be controlled by means of argument roughness The reflection is made sharper with small values for the roughness such as 0 1 Larger values such as 10 0 decrease the specular fall off The color of the specular highlights is filtered by the color argument specular color This model is suitable for shiny or highly polished materials such as plastic or varnished surfaces ambient factor 1 0 diffuse factor 0 75 specular factor 0 5 roughness 0 1 specular color LtColour 1 0 1 0 1 0 Setting texture mapping modes To edit an objects color 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the object you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Color properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box Box Sphere Cylindrical 26 U and V Set the number of tiles offset and scale Rotate rotates image 90 Setting textures To edit an objects texture 1 Place the mouse mode in sele
52. t the axis Each type of revolved surface can either be smooth or faceted Adding a wire A wire is a send of straight cylindrical section with bends between each segment To create a wire 1 Select lt AddWire gt from the main menu The Wire Parameters dialog shown below will appear Wire radius Enter the diameter of the wire e Bend radius Enter the radius of bends Click OK to continue to create the wire 2 Move the mouse to the first point of the wire and click the left mouse button to start the wire 3 Now move the mouse and click the left mouse button define each straight segments 4 Right click to end the wire Wire Parameters Creating object arrays To create a rectangular array of an object 1 Select the object Create a rectangular arra Stef wed Clee 2 Select lt Tools Array rectangular gt from the main beige H S menu The dialog box shown below will appear Varical Cour Horizontal Rows Enter the number of horizontal rows Vertical Columns Enter the number of vertical e columns We E Column Spacing Enter the column spacing O T Row Spacing Enter the row spacing cowe O we Click OK to create the array The part library Introduction lin mA TERA clar Te big The parts toolbar is shown below It consists of the tabs e The parts tab e The colors tab e The material tab Adding parts to the current scene To add a part to the current scene 1 Select the par
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54. the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the torus you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box Width The width of the box Depth The depth of the box Height The height of the box See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing extruded surfaces To edit an extrusion 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the extrusion you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box EXTRUSION Haigha Jr Height The height of the extrusion See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing revolved surfaces To edit a revolved surface 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt
55. ts tab in the parts library toolbar 16 2 Hold down the left mouse button over a part and drag it into the scene by moving the mouse 3 Release the left mouse button when the part is at the correct location Adding colors To add a color to an object 1 Select the color tab in the parts library toolbar 2 Hold down the left mouse button over a color and drag it into the scene by moving the mouse 3 Release the left mouse button when the color is on the correct object Adding materials To add a material to an object 1 Select the materials tab in the parts library toolbar 2 Hold down the left mouse button over a material and drag it into the scene by moving the mouse 3 Release the left mouse button when the material is on the correct object Selecting objects To select an objects 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt EditiSelect gt from the main menu Click the left mouse button over the object you wish to select Selecting all objects Select lt Edit Select all gt from the main menu to select all objects Deselecting all objects Select lt Edit Select none gt from the main menu to deselect all objects Complementing the selection Select lt Edit Complement Selection gt from the main menu to invert the selection Changing objects Editing objects Editing boxes To edit a box 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt EditiSelect gt from the mai
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57. utton in the viewport and drag the mouse The view will then pan Release the left mouse button when the view is correct or 1 Press one of the arrow button on the keyboard or Selecting either lt View Pan Left gt or lt View Pan Right gt or lt View Pan Up gt or lt View Pan Down gt from the main menu 0 0 A Creating a perspective view To view a model with a perspective view select check the lt View Perspective gt menu item from the main menu An example of a perspective view is shown opposite To view a model with a non perspective view select uncheck the lt View Perspective gt menu item from the main menu An example of a non perspective view is shown opposite Viewing from standard positions You can view from a standard position by selecting either e lt View Top gt lt View Bottom gt lt View Left gt lt View Right gt lt View Front gt lt View Back gt e lt View Camera gt from the main menu Adding 3D objects You can add several 3D objects to a scene These are e Boxes Cones Cylinders Spheres Tori Extruded surfaces Revolved surfaces Adding a box To add a box Select lt Add Box gt from the main menu 1 Move the mouse to a corner of the box Then either 2 Press down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the other corner of the boxes base and release the left mouse button when the base is the correct size or 3 Click the left mouse b
58. utton to start the box base drag the mouse until the base is the required size and then click the left mouse button again 4 Next move the mouse to set the height of the box and finally click the left mouse button Adding a sphere To add a sphere Select lt Add Sphere gt from the main menu 1 Move the mouse to the center of the sphere Then either 2 Press down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to set the size of the sphere Release the left mouse button when the sphere is the correct size 3 Click the left mouse button at the spheres center and move the mouse until the sphere is the correct size Click the left mouse button again when the sphere is the correct size to finish Adding a cone To add a cone Select lt Add Cone gt from the main menu 1 Move the mouse to a corner of the cones base Then either 2 Press down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to the other corner of the cones base and release the left mouse button when the base is the correct size or 3 Click the left mouse button to start the box base drag the mouse until the base is the required size and then click the left mouse button again 4 Next move the mouse to set the height of the cone and finally click the left mouse button Adding a cylinder To add a cylinder Select lt Add Cylinder gt from the main menu 1 Move the mouse to a corner of the cylinders base Then elther 2 Press down the left mouse button and drag the
59. ver the cylinder you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box CYLINDER Fada P y Haight _ 3 Radius The radius of the cone Height The depth of the cone See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change e The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing cones To edit a cone 1 Place the mouse mode in select using the menu command lt Edit Select gt from the main menu 2 Double click the left mouse button over the cone you wish to edit The properties dialog box will appear 3 Select the Parameters properties tab The tab will contain the following dialog box CONE Batata a Tiqa rachas RI Hei fa Bottom radius The radius of the base Set to zero for an inverted cone Top radius The radius of the top Set to zero for a pointed cone Height The height of the cone See numeric entry controls of how to enter values The object properties tab also contains tabs to change s The objects color e The texture map on the object e The texture mapping mode You can also e Resize objects See resizing objects e Rotate objects See rotating objects Editing tori To edit a torus 1 Place the mouse mode in select using
60. you are turning pages in a book Selecting a Browse Sequence You can choose from the defined Browse Sequences by clicking the drop down list and making a selection This list is found just to the right of the Navigation Pane in the Help window After you make your selection the Information Window will display the first topic in the selected sequence Using the Browse Sequence Map The Browse Sequence Map shows you where you are within a specific sequence You can open a topic by clicking it on the map If the Browse Sequence contains a lot of topics use the arrows at either end of the map to navigate through the entire sequence Using the index The index pane allows you to browse through a list of keywords and find the topics that will contain relevant information Index Search Favorites 4 d Type in the keyword to find See KEEPOPINFO Operating Point Analysis OP KEEPOPINFO see AC Display 43 You can find a keyword by scrolling through the list or typing it in the Type in the keyword to find field Then double click the keyword or select it and click the Display button lf the keyword applies to just one topic the topic it will be displayed immediately otherwise if the keyword applies to more than one topic you ll be prompted to choose which one you would like to see Saving and viewing your favorite topics The favorites tab holds all you favorite or frequently used topics Index

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