Installing Parasolid

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Contents

• 3.1 Disk Space Requirements
  • 3.1.1 Software
  • 3.1.2 Documentation
• 3.2 Copying files to a local disk
  • 3.2.1 Using the installer (Intel NT only)
  • 3.2.2 Copying files manually
• 3.3 Documentation
  • 3.3.1 Viewing the documentation
  • 3.3.2 Using the PDF documentation
  • 3.3.3 Copying the documentation to a local hard disk or intranet
  • 3.3.4 Minimizing disk requirements for documentation
• 3.4 Additional CDs

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3.1 Disk Space Requirements

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3.1.1 Software

To install this release of Parasolid you will require the following disk space:

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3.1.2 Documentation

If you are installing the documentation to a local hard disk, you can save on disk space by omitting the search files or PDF files. See Section 3.3, "Documentation".

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3.2 Copying files to a local disk

Follow these instructions to copy the Parasolid distribution onto a local hard disk.

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3.2.1 Using the installer (Intel NT only)

If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows NT on an Intel-based platform, you can install Parasolid onto an NT filesystem as follows:

• Insert the CD in the drive. If your computer is set up to run data CDs automatically, the Parasolid installer starts after a few moments.

If the installer does not start, run the file X :\intel_nt\setup.exe , where X is the drive your CD is mounted on.

• Follow the instructions on screen to install Parasolid Designer and/or Parasolid Communicator onto the filesystem.

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3.2.2 Copying files manually

If you are running on UNIX or Linux, or if you do not want to use the supplied installer, you can copy files to a filesystem as follows:

UNIX or Linux

To copy files to a UNIX or Linux filesystem:

• Insert the CD in the drive.
• Login as superuser.
• Create a mount point for the CD:

$ mkdir /cdrom

• Mount the CD onto the system at the mount point, using the following example command:

hppa_hpux

$ pfs_mount -x lower_case /dev/dsk/clt2d0 /cdrom

r4000_irix

$ mount -t /dev/scsi/sc0d710 /cdrom

sparc10_solaris

rs6000_aix

$ mount -r -v cdrfs /dev/cd0 /cdrom

axp_osf

$ mount -t cdfs -o noversion /dev/rz3c /cdrom

intel_linux

$ mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom -t iso9660

• Copy the files from the appropriate directory, as given in the table above. The files are created under your current directory:
• cp -r /cdrom/ directory /base to copy Parasolid Designer
• cp -r /cdrom/ directory /base_alternative to copy Parasolid Communicator

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3.3 Documentation

The Documentation CD contains the Parasolid On-line Documentation in the directory tree " html/online_docs ". This consists of the following Parasolid manuals, provided in both HTML and PDF format:

• Functional Description
• Getting Started With Parasolid
• PK Interface Programming Reference
• KI Programming Reference
• Downward Interfaces
• Kernel Interface Driver (KID)
• Foreign Geometry User Guide
• Release Notes (this document)

In addition, the Transmit File (XT) Format manual is provided in PDF format only.

You need to have access to a web browser such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, or Opera in order to view the HTML documentation.

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3.3.1 Viewing the documentation

You can read the documentation directly from the CD as follows:

NT

• Place the Documentation CD in your CD drive.
• If your computer plays data CDs automatically, the main page of the documentation will be displayed in your internet browser after a short pause.

If your computer does not play data CDs automatically, use Windows Explorer to open the file X :\html\online_docs\index.html , where X is the drive your CD is mounted on.

UNIX or Linux

• Create a mount point for the CD: $ mkdir /cdrom
• Mount the CD onto the system at the mount point, using the example commands given in Section , "UNIX or Linux" above.
• Use your web browser to open the file /cdrom/html/online_docs/index.html .

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3.3.2 Using the PDF documentation

You need a copy of the free Acrobat Reader program from Adobe Systems Inc. to view the PDF documentation. A version that runs on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 is supplied on the Documentation CD. To install this on your computer:

• Place the Documentation CD in your CD-ROM drive (hold down the Shift key if you want to prevent the documentation from displaying while you do this).
• Run the file X :\acroread\ar405eng.exe , where X is the drive your CD is mounted on.

If you use a UNIX-based operating system, or if you want to install a non-English version of Acrobat Reader, you can download a version from
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html .

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3.3.3 Copying the documentation to a local hard disk or intranet

If you wish, you can copy the entire documentation set onto a local hard disk, or a disk on your local intranet. To do this, just copy the entire online_docs folder to a location of your choice. If you are using UNIX, you will need to mount the CD drive first, as described in Section , "UNIX or Linux" above.

Once you have copied the documentation, create a bookmark or link to the index.html file in the online_docs directory.

The HTML documentation uses Cascading Style Sheets to control the appearance of the documentation: if your browser does not support CSS, or you do not wish to use it, then you can rename or delete the file online_docs\ps_doc.css .

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3.3.4 Minimizing disk requirements for documentation

If you do not want to use the search functionality provided in the full documentation set, or if your browser does not support JavaScript, you can reduce the disk space used by the documentation:

• Create a link or bookmark to the file index2.html instead of index.html
• Remove the searchfiles sub-directory from your installation

This will save you approximately 58MB of disk space, but you will not be able to search through the entire documentation set.

You can save more disk space by removing the PDF documentation.

• If you wish to keep a copy of the XT Format Manual, copy the file online_docs\pdf\xt_format.pdf to a safe place.
• Remove the pdf sub-directory from your installation
• If you wish, remove the pdf_index.html page from your installation

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3.4 Additional CDs

The Parasolid Interoperability Tools and ParaHOOPS 3D Part Viewer CDs contain samples of software for use with Parasolid. Some of this software is provided for evaluation purposes only. Further information on the contents of these CDs can be found in the Read Me files on each CD.

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