Piranesi Booklet

Introducing Piranesir version 3.1 E 1998–2003 Informatix Software International Limited. All rights reserved. First issue: September 2003 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Informatix Software International Limited. The software described in this document is furnished under a licence agreement or nondisclosure agreement. Piranesi and Painting Space are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Informatix Software International Limited in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and/or other countries. Piranesi is the subject of the following patent and patent applications: US–6226000 EP–A–0870284 JP–A–5–511749 Trademark, service mark, and copyright acknowledgements are at the back of this guide. Contents Welcome to Piranesi 1 How Piranesi works 1 About this guide 1 Using online Help 2 Tutorials 2 World Wide Web site 2 Installing Piranesi 3.1 3 Licensing Piranesi 3 Preparing the data 3 Creating files in Piranesi 3 Preparing 3D models 3 EPix files 4 Piranesi channels 4 Getting started with Piranesi 5 Exploring Piranesi 5 Status window 5 Menu bar 5 Toolbox 6 Tools Manager 7 Style Browser 11 Setting preferences 11 Opening a file 11 Viewing channels 12 Displaying file properties 12 Creating new EPix files 12 Using multiple windows 13 Multiple windows on one scene 13 Multiple scenes 13 Selecting which window to display 13 Arranging multiple windows 13 Closing windows 13 Zooming 13 Z…