Contents

• Installing OpenRT and inView
  • Step 1: Installing the FlexLM license file
  • Step 2: Installing OpenRT locally
    • Unpacking the Distribution
    • Configuring the Linux/Unix environment
  • Step 3: Installing inView
    • Testing the Installation
  • Step 4: Cluster-Mode Configuration
    • Recommended Cluster Setup
    • Some Note on Required Network Performance
    • The ConfigClientServer file
    • Configuring ssh for remote login
    • Testing the Cluster Installation
  
  
• Using inView
  • Online Help
  • Navigating in inView
    • Fly Mode
    • Inspect Mode
  • Project Concept
  • Editing Shaders
    • Changing Surface Shader's Type
    • The Edit Appearance dialog
    • Adding New Light Sources
    • The Shader Library
  • Adding Cut Planes
  • Creating Scenarios
  • Animations in inView
    • Camera Animation
    • Object Animation
    • Turntable
  • Measurements
  • User Preferences
    • General Preferences
    • Animation Preferences
    • ImageIO Preferences
    • Renderer Preferences
  • Tips And Tricks
    • Partial Rendering During User Interaction
    • Using precomputed scene binaries
    • Separating Rendered Image From GUI
  
  
• inView Shaders
  • RTX Package
    • Eyelight Shader
    • Phong Shader
    • Car Paint Shader
    • Glass Shader
    • BumpMap Shader
    • AlphaMap Shader
  • DTX Package
    • DTX RenderingObject
    • BumpMappedGlas Shader
    • GlossyGlas Shader
    • GlossyPhong Shader
    • PointLight Light Shader
    • SpotLight Light Shader
    • DirectionalLight Light Shader
  
  
• Description of inView Standard Demos
  • Running inView demos
  • GreenBeetle
  • PowerPlant
  
  
• Bibliography
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • ``My Framerate is so low, what can I do?''
  • ``What is the ``partial rendering'' or ``subsampling'' feature?''
  • ``How can I use multithreading in a Multi-CPU Standalone mode''
  • ``I'm using a cluster setup, but the speedup is much lower than expected...''
  • ``How can I define object as a part of my VRML file?''
  • ``How can I define object instances as a part of my VRML file?''
  • ``I see no textures after I load VRML file previously saved by inView !''
  • ``My shader library is empty once I installed new inView version. How can I get my shader library back?''
  
  
• Description of Command Line Parameters
  • OpenRT Command Line Parameters
  • inView Command Line Parameters
  
  
• The Spin Box Manual
• inView Files
• inView Environment Variables
• Index