Introduction

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Contents

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 This Document
• 1.3 Platform-specific information

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1.1 Introduction

Parasolid is a copyright product of Unigraphics Solutions Inc. This document covers details of the release of Parasolid and supporting utilities, and retrieval of the product onto the following platforms:

• Intel-based PCs running Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Linux
• AMD Athlon-based PCs running Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Linux
• HP 9000 workstations running the HP-UX operating system
• SPARCstations 5, 10, 20 and Ultra, running the Solaris operating system
• Compaq Alpha workstations running the Tru64 operating system
• IBM RISC System/6000 running the AIX operating system
• Silicon Graphics, running the IRIX operating system

It assumes a basic knowledge of the operating system for the relevant platform (creating and moving directories, deleting and listing files for example).

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1.2 This Document

The chapters of this document describe:

• what this release comprises ("The Product")
• how to retrieve the product from CD ("Installing Parasolid")
• what files are included in the release ("Parasolid Release Area")
• how to run the product ("Using Parasolid")
• what enhancements (and known problems) are introduced in this version ("Functional Enhancements")
• how the product interface has changed in this version ("Interface Changes")
• in what operating system environment the product was created ("Environment")

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1.3 Platform-specific information

Throughout this manual, text and instructions that are specific to a particular platform or group of platforms are referred to as follows:

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