User`s guide

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1 About NVIDIA QuadroView
NVIDIA QuadroView Modules
Figure 1.1
Examples of QuadroView Models
Viewer Module
The function of the viewer module (the main module) is to render 3D models
using easy-to-use controls in real-time. The viewer utilizes the Open Inventor
3D library, which is a scenegraph class library based on OpenGL. The models
can be read from files, such as files using the VRML Internet (
.wrl
) or Open
Inventor (
.iv
) file format or received through a communications link from
another application. Models read from files do not need an active link to an
application. For example, you can create and save your model on a CAD
workstation. Then you only need the viewer and the saved files on a customer’s
system for a presentation, as an example.
Communications Module
Communication modules set up the link to CAD applications. The link allows
the application to send a model to the viewer and control it in real-time. The link
works in the opposite direction as well; the viewer can send commands and data
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