Product: SPEA BigFocus 3D-Win - Stand alone 3D-Viewer for Windows
Version: 1.4
Boards:  For all Windows accelerator boards

SPEA Software AG		Release 0695.1


Table of Contents
=================

1    Introduction
1.1  3D-Win General Information
1.2  System Requirements
1.3  Software Registration

2    Installation

3    Release Notes
3.1  AutoCAD 13 Limitations

4    Troubleshooting


1    Introduction
=================

1.1  3D-Win General Information
-------------------------------
Welcome to 3D-Win, SPEA's 3D viewer for Windows! 
This software is simple to use and offers a number of attractive 
features:

- fast import of DWG, DXF and 3DS constructions
- layer manipulation (AutoCAD 12)
- various rendering methods (Gouraud, Phong etc.) per mouse click
- view manipulation per slider or mouse
- view export to AutoCAD
- WALK and TEACH animations
- Flic file creation
- integrated toolbar for fast function access
- extensive 3D-Win online help



1.2 System Requirements
-----------------------

(a) Boards
The 3D-Win driver is hardware independant - it can therefore be
used with any Windows accelerator! 

(b) PC + Memory
To use AutoCAD and BigFocus effectively you will need a large amount of
memory and a large Windows swap file. Special information on this topic
is described in the AutoCAD for Windows documentation and in the
corresponding Autodesk forum in CompuServe.

(c) Windows
The current version of this software is for Windows 3.1x and Windows for 
Workgroups only.

1.3  Software Registration
--------------------------

This software MUST be registered for use.

Registration information is automatically shown on the screen. It fills out
the enclosed form REGISTER.TXT which can then be used to register the
software (please refer to that file for details).



2.  Installation
================

  1. Put the MediaGallery CD in your CD drive.

  2. Start Windows and the Program Manager.

  3. Select the menu items 'File' and then 'Run'.

  4. Change to the ...\SPEA\PRODUKTE\SOFTWARE\3DWIN directory and select the 
     3D-Win installation program SETUP.EXE.

  5. Click on 'OK' and follow the instructions on the screen. The 
     installation routine will decompress and copy various files onto your 
     harddisk.


3.   Release Notes
==================

3.1  AutoCAD 13 Limitations
---------------------------
It was not possible to accomodate for the large number of structural
changes to AutoCAD 13 before this software release. For this reason
there are a number fo small limitations for AutoCAD 13 users:

- DWGs can not be directly imported from AutoCAD 13 sessions
  (save the DWG and then import with the menu item 'Open')
- Layer manipulation ist currently not possible

We expect to be able to solve these problems with the next software
release.

3.2. Colour Depth
-----------------

For 3D-Win, a Windows display driver with at least 8 bit colour depth
(256 colours) is required.


4    Troubleshooting
====================

Problem:
3D-Win reports that it can not find various files.

Solution:
Check the file W3DVIEW.INI file in your Windows directory.
It will contain the following section:

[viewer]
....
startdir=c:\viewer
acaddir=c:\acadwin
acad13dir=c:\acadwin
....
Acad13=1

whereby the path (C:\VIEWER in this example) must correspond to your 
installation target directory. Alter or add the entries if necessary.
If you are using AutoCAD 12 then the entry Acad12=1 must be present
(and likewise Acad13=1 if you are using AutoCAD 13).

Problem:
3D-Win doesn't display the toolbar or status bar.

Solution:
Check the file W3DVIEW.INI file in your Windows directory.
It will contain the following section:

[viewer]
....
Toolbar=0
Statusbar=0
....

Check the entries and set them to 1 in order to activate the elements.

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End of README

3DWIN.ENG/README file (AvT/16.5.95)
