User`s guide

NVIDIA Corporation CONFIDENTIAL
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1 About NVIDIA QuadroView
• Save scenes in CAD-independent formats (
.iv
or
.wrl
), which can then be
given to customers (decision makers) for their review without releasing your
original drafting data.
• While editing in AutoCAD, ability to rotate, zoom, pan, and examine the
objects without changing your working view in AutoCAD
• Ability to work in Wireframe (AutoCAD) and at the same time view the
model in shaded mode.
• View in Stereo mode and create Stereo presentations
• If you have a multi-monitor CAD workplace, you can run AutoCAD in full
size on one monitor and the 3D viewer on the other monitor. So you can do
your drafting job on one monitor and can see the result on the other monitor
rendered in a nice 3D shaded view (without switching overlapping windows)
• Easily rotate, move, pan, and zoom your model in the viewer and send back
the view to AutoCAD and can go on working in this new view with easier
light source handling.
• Load different file formats such as
.iv
and
.wrl
and view them
• Show the animation contained in the CAD drawing
• Easily change materials
• Use commands to automate tasks. For example, you can write a scrip or lisp
program that performs a sample task such as:
• Send the whole model
• Rotate it around the x axis
• Switch to Wireframe
• Rotate it again
• Switch back to Shaded mode, and so on.
Recent Features and Enhancements
• HTML Online Help
When you have any NVIDIA QuadroView application window open, press
F1 to display online HTML Help, which provides detailed user information
about the features.
For additional information about online Help installation and access, see
“Software Components” on page 32.
• Installation/Setup
The Setup program lets you install QuadroView for several installed versions
of AutoCAD on one computer.
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