Index

2
24-bit Display Boards - 14

A
About - 114
Active Axis Gadgets - 220
Adding and deleting points - 35
Advanced tab - 157
Advanced Tools
 Bevel - 127
 Bridge - 128
 Conform - 129
 Explode - 131
 LOScut - 133
 Point Control - 134
 Spiral - 135
 Spline <-> Polygon - 135
 Wire Bend - 136
AGA displays - 15
Aladdin 4D and Draw4D formats - 111
Align - 235
Align Panel - 186
Align To Path
 Preparing polygons for - 195
Alter Path - 191
Alternate views - 24
Ambient Tab - 198
Animation Quickstart - 18
Animation Speed - 53
Animation viewing - 21
Antialiasing - 46
Append - 113
Application Icon - 10
Applying attributes - 41
AreaSelect - 224
ARexx - 8
Assign Path - 192
Attach Points - 24
Attributes - 145
Auto Quick - 213
Axis - 213

B
Background - 199
Bitmap Memory Concerns - 75
Bitmap Textures - 70
Bitmap Tiles - 72
Breakup (non-interactive) - 237

C
Camera - 61, 163
 Using Multiple Cameras To Achieve Transitions - 164
Center - 222
Choose First Point - 142
Circularly Linked Paths - 250
Cleanup - 141
Clone (non-interactive) - 237
Color Tab - 147, 206
Compositing - 90
Conform - 231
Convolve - 45
Convolve Tab - 206
Coordinates - 213
Creating Animation - 19
CSpline
 Bouncing the Triangle - 79
CSpline Editor - 215
 Keyboard Controls - 218
Customer Support - 5
CYCLIC/PERIODIC - 153

D
DCTV - 15
Deform (sub-menu) - 192
Deforms - 55
Degenerate Polygons - 250
DeletePoint - 226
DeletePoly - 226
Deleting polygons - 38
Display Tab - 207
Drawing Objects - 34
Drawing Polygons - 34
Drawing splines - 38
Drift Direction (Global) - 181

E
Edit
 Make Arc - 116
 Make Rectangle - 116, 117
Edit Attribute Lists requester - 146
Edit Path - 51
Editor Settings - 212
Environment Menu - 197
EPS - 112
Ext.  Toolbar Window - 214
Extern (Handlers) - 182
Extern Handlers - 8
External Tools Gadgets - 230
Extrude (non-interactive) - 238

F
Face - 140
Field Rendering - 30
Flare - 172
Flare's base color - 90
Flat View - 222
Fog - 198
Foreground - 200
Formats
 Aladdin 4D and Draw4D - 111
Fountain - 175
Fountains
 Align to Poly - 100
 Alpha Channel - 110
 Direction Linear - 100
 Flare carry over method - 107
 Limits - 94
 Numbers of Particles - 97
 Particle color - 107
 Particle direction and placement - 99
 Particle distance - 101
 Particle drift - 103
 Particle image - 106
 Particle image rotation - 108
 Particle Life - 98
 Particle obscuring - 109
 Particle placement with paths - 104
 Particle rotation - 102
 Particle size - 106
 Particle strength - 108
 PreRoll - 105
 Transparent/Opaque - 110
Frames - 210
FreeHand (Polygon) - 220
FreeHand (Spline) - 221

G
Gadgets (Internal) - 219
Gas - 166
 Color and Density - 168
Global Lights - 197
Grid Snap - 225
Ground Grid - 34
Group levels - 37
Group/Ungroup - 226
Grouping polygons - 36

H
Hide - 228
Hiding and showing polygons - 38
Hints - 250

I
Icon Tooltypes - 8
Image Options Panel - 178
Images Tab - 178
In the Texture / Resource tab - 154
Included Procedural textures - 159
Information - 114
Installation - 7
Instance Button - 188
Instancing - 59
Introduction - 8
Isometric - 219
Isometric View - 34

J
Join Polygons - 139

L
Lathe - 240
License Agreement - 6
Light - 165
 Color and Strength - 166
Light Tabs - 197
LightWave Objects - 113
List Members - 146, 151, 170, 173, 186
Loading a drawing - 12
LOScutter - 242

M
Make Path - 185
Manual Entry - 142
Mapping Types - 74
Match gadgets - 42
Match Points - 140
Maximum Angle Shading - 44
Mechanical Waves - 57
Member Settings - 174
Memory and Hardware requirements - 7
Mirror - 242
More on Scaling - 55
Move to First - 23, 139
Move to Last - 139
Movement Tab - 180
Movement Panel - 185
Moving polygonpoints - 36
Multiple Group Levels - 37
Multiple Select - 224
Multiple selection - 23

N
New - 111

O
Object Menu - 145
Obscuring Flares - 91
Offsetting - 89
Opaque flares - 92
Open - 111
Options Panel - 177
Options Tab - 148
Overlay - 200

P
Package Contents - 6
Page Position - 33
PageMove - 222
PAL modes - 16
Particle Direction Limits panel - 180
Particle Distance Factor - 180
Particle Distance from Origin panel - 179
Particle Drift Factor - 181
Particle Image Size - 178
Particle Relative Size Panel - 177
Particle Rotation Around Origin panel - 180
Particles Tab - 177
Path Extrude - 195, 243
Path Menu - 185
Paths
 Align - 53
 Other Uses - 52
 Scaling Tab - 52
Permissions Tab - 204
Perspective - 34
Placement Tab - 179
Platonic Primitives - 243
Point Control - 243
Point Mode - 56
PreRoll Tab - 181
Preview Anim - 203
Preview modes
 setting up - 16
Preview Screen Mode - 202
Previewing animation - 20
Previewing Animation - 19
Primitive-Plat - 243
Primitive-Quad - 244
Problem Reporting Form - 255
Procedural Texture Descriptions - 160
Procedural Textures - 64
Product Registration - 6
Project Menu - 111
Pull-Down Menus - 111

Q
Quadratic - 244
QuickMove - 220
Quickstart - 11
Quit - 114

R
ReadDrawNote - 245
Record View - 202
Reference Section - 111
Render - 209
Render Animation - 209
Render Menu - 202
Render Screen - 203
Render Screen Mode - 13
Render Screen Options - 16
Render Settings - 13, 204
Render the Anim - 51
Resizing flares - 89
Resource Tab - 151
Restore View - 202
Reverse Points - 141
Rotate.a - 233
Rotating - 90
Rotation - 53
Rotation Tab - 187
Rounding - 199
RunDpaint / - 245

S
Save - 113
Save As - 113
Save Icons - 213
Save Options - 210
Save Settings - 214
Scale.a - 233
Scaling Tab - 188
Scenery Animator DEM files - 112
Selecting Polygons - 35
SelectSame - 247
Sequences of Frames - 19
Set Attach Point - 144
Set Quick - 144
Setting Polygons - 35
Settings Menu - 212
Settings Tab - 156, 205
Shading - 162
Shading groups - 47
Shadow Acceleration - 80
Shear.a - 234
Show Assigned Paths - 191
Show Assigned Polygons - 191
ShowAll - 227
Small Palette Picture Quality - 45
Snap - 225
Software License - 253
Space Controls - 228
Spacing - 66
Special Tab - 148
Spiral - 249
Spline<->Poly - 249
Stretch.a - 234
Surface Tab - 147

T
Taper.a - 234
Text (sub-menu) - 183
Texture Quickstart - 26
Textures - 150
Quick Preview Mode - 27
To Triangles - 141
Toolbar Window - 214
Tools - 114
 Align to Path - 194
 Breakup - 119
 Clone - 119
 Extrude - 120
 Lathe (Sweep) - 121
 Make Rectangle - 119
 Mirror - 122
 Rotate - 123
 Scale - 123
 Shear (Slant) - 124
 Stretch - 125
 Taper - 126
 Twist - 126
Tools (sub-menu) - 194
Tooltypes
 Default Path - 9
Trace Mode - 143
Track Attach Point - 144
Transitions with Multiple Cameras
 Camera - 62
Translation - 50
Transparency - 92
Turb.  Color Tab - 169
Turbulence Tab - 169
Tutorial  (Animation) - 50
Tutorial  (Cspline) - 76
Tutorial  (Textures) - 63
Tutorial (Drawing - 32
Tutorial (Flares) - 88
Tutorial (Fountains) - 94
Tutorial (Gases) - 83
Tutorial (Shading) - 40
Tutorial (Shadows) - 80
Twist.a - 235

U
Unassign Path - 192
Unmake Path - 191

V
VideoScape .Geo files - 112
View Angles And Magnification - 32
Virtual Camera - 209
Virtual Memory - 7

W
Warranty - 6
Wave - 170
Wave Member Settings - 171
Waves Button - 189
Wirebend.a - 235

Z
Zoom (2) - 223