DESIGNWAVE REVISION 1.0 
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CONTENTS

DesignWave System Requirements
Installing and Uninstalling
Frequently Asked Questions
Parasolid Import/Export
Printing and Plotting
Memory Usage
Services Considerations
	
DesignWave System Requirements

The minimum configuration for DesignWave Revision 1.0 is:
     
- Intel 90MHz Pentium
- 16MB RAM
- 20 MB required for software and examples
- Windows95 or NT4.0 operating system
- Windows graphic display setting of 65536 colors, or High Color 
16-bit.

For complex models or large assemblies, you may want to consider 
increasing the amount of physical memory on your machine or using 
a machine with a faster processor.

Installing and Uninstalling

On Windows NT, you must have Administrator privileges to install 
and uninstall software.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Please check the FAQ for valuable advice and use of alternative 
procedures for creating production quality models and drawings. 
The FAQ can be accessed by using the Support command on the Help 
menu.

Parsolid Import/Export
	
The Parasolid Import command recognizes file extensions in the 
form of *.xmt or *.x_t only.  All other file types (e.g. 
*.xmt_txt) must be renamed to one of these forms before Import 
will recognize them.  Parasolid Export is not affected.

Printing & plotting

When printing part views to a large, high resolution format, a 
large amount of memory may be required, depending on the printer
driver and whether you are running Windows NT or Windows 95.
Because of this, you may find the print operation to be somewhat
slow. This will not occur when printing drawing views.

Memory Usage

DesignWave is implemented to optimize display performance by using 
multiple display lists.  Each display list will use a certain 
amount of memory based on the number of entities being displayed. 
If you are on Windows NT and are going to use multiple views of 
large parts, assemblies or drawings, you will want to adjust the 
size of your virtual memory paging file upwards.  Your paging file 
size can be accessed from the Control Panel under System 
Properties -> Virtual Memory.

We are currently working on tuning DesignWave to optimize this 
performance vs. memory tradeoff.

Services Considerations

Computervision offers a WEB-based Online Service Tool (OST) 
available to customers who currently have a valid MLF/MLF1 license 
agreement or valid service contract with CV. You can access the 
OST on the World Wide Web through the Computervision home page 
(www.cv.com) or directly with the following URL:
 
      http://destiny.cv.com 
        
If you do not have an Access ID and Access Code, click Register 
and complete the form. You can expect a response within two 
business days.

In addition, on the Services and Support home page, you can:

- Search our Knowledge Database and Information Center for 
solutions of benefit to other users.
 
- Provide a full description of your problem and supporting 
information.

- Open and monitor support calls coming into CV to save time on 
the phone.