Intergraph Intense 3D Pro 2200 Installation Guide

Intense 3D Pro 2200

Installation Guide

April 1998
DHA019250

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Notice

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be considered a
commitment by Intergraph Computer Systems. Intergraph Computer Systems shall not be liable for
technical or editorial errors in, or omissions from, this document. Intergraph Computer Systems shall
not be liable for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing or use of this
document.

All warranties given by Intergraph Computer Systems about equipment or software are set forth in your
purchase contract. Nothing stated in, or implied by, this document or its contents shall be considered or
deemed a modification or amendment of such warranties.

Trademarks

Intergraph Computer Systems and the Intergraph Computer Systems logo are registered trademarks of
Intergraph Computer Systems. Intense 3D is a trademark of Intergraph Corporation.

Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

FCC/DOC Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy. If the equipment is not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, try to correct the interference as follows: re-orient or
relocate the affected device; increase the separation between this equipment and the affected device;
connect this equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from the circuit to which the affected device is
connected; consult a dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment

Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigencies du Règlement sur le
materiél brouilleur du Canada.

Warnings

Changes or modifications made to the system that are not approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

To comply with FCC Class B limits, you must use shielded cables with this device.

Notes

This device is for use only with U.L. listed personal computers that have installation instructions
detailing user installation of card cage accessories.

This device is designed and manufactured to comply with approved safety standards for information
processing and business equipment.

Read all operating instructions before using this device. Keep these instructions for future reference.
Follow all warnings on the device or in the operating instructions.

Warranty

Intergraph Corporation warrants to the purchaser of this product that it will be free from defects in
material and workmanship for a period of three (3) years from the date of purchase. If the product
should become defective within the warranty period, Intergraph will, at its option, repair or replace it,

provided it is delivered at the purchaser’s expense to the place of purchase or to Intergraph. No other
warranty is expressed or implied.

This limited warranty does not cover any loss or damage resulting from shipping, weather, improper
installation or maintenance, accident, misuse, abuse or neglect, adjustment, repair, modification, or
installation of options or parts by anyone other than Intergraph Corporation. The limited warranty also
does not cover improper environment, excessive or inadequate heating or cooling, or irregularities in
electrical power service. This limited warranty applies only to the original purchaser and is not
transferrable.

Intergraph Corporation is not liable for damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages for
consumer products, so these limitations may not apply to you.

To obtain warranty service during the warranty period, the purchaser shall return the product in its
original packaging to the place of purchase along with proof of purchase showing the purchase date. If
the reseller’s warranty period has expired, the purchaser shall return the product directly to Intergraph.
The purchaser shall bear shipping, packaging, and insurance costs for delivering the product to
Intergraph. Intergraph will provide return shipment to the purchaser.

1 Introduction

Congratulations! In choosing Intense 3D Pro 2200, you are equipping
your personal computer or personal workstation with powerful and
professional 3D graphics. Intense 3D Pro 2200 infuses Intel
Pentium, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II computers running the
Microsoft Windows NT operating system with workstation-class
3D graphics features and performance.

Features

Intense 3D Pro 2200 offers these high-end 3D graphics features:

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Performance up to 1.2 million triangles per second (3D,
Z-buffered, 25 pixel, Gouraud shaded).

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Support for Windows NT graphics -- Graphic Device Interface
(GDI) and OpenGL.

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Support for resolutions up to 1.3 megapixels (1280 x 1024).

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Support for Heidi and Intergraph RenderGL graphics libraries.

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Support for graphics features such as Gouraud shading, 2D and
3D vectors and triangles, texture processing, rectangle fills,
antialiased vectors, clipping, alpha blending, fog, and stenciling.

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16 MB of Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) frame buffer
memory.

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Video plane sets of 100 bits per pixel (at 1280 x 1024), 128 bits
per pixel (up to 1152 x 864), and four video lookup tables.

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10-bit gamma correction.

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24- or 32-bit double-buffering and 24-bit Z-buffering.

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Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interface with direct
memory access (DMA).

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Genlock support for dual-screen capability.

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Integrated VGA video support.

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Support for industry standard and Intergraph multi-sync monitors.

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Hardware support for stereoscopic viewing, Display Data Channel
(DDC), and Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS).

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Hardware

Intense 3D Pro 2200 hardware is available in these configurations:

Designation

Intense 3D Graphics Accelerator
Intense 3D-4T Graphics Accelerator + 4 MB Texture Memory
Intense 3D-16T Graphics Accelerator + 16 MB Texture Memory

Texture memory is available through a single add-on texture memory
module. Dual-screen capability is available by using two Intense 3D
Graphics Accelerators.

Intense 3D Pro 2200 hardware requires the following PCI expansion
slots:

Designation

Intense 3D, Intense 3D-4T, Intense 3D-16T One slot
Dual-screen capability One additional slot

Software

Intense 3D Pro 2200 software uses the Intense 3D Pro 2200 video
display driver. The video display driver installs as a standard
Windows NT driver, and provides both GDI and OpenGL graphics
compatibility.

Intense 3D Pro 2200 can use Intergraph’s Heidi Device Driver, which
works with the video display driver to support software applications
based on the Heidi graphics library. Intense 3D Pro 2200 also works
with applications built with Intergraph’s RenderGL graphics library.
RenderGL works with OpenGL to enable hardware acceleration of
high-quality, photorealistic features on 3D models. More information
on the Heidi Device Driver and Intergraph’s RenderGL graphics
library is available on Intergraph Computer Systems’ World Wide
Web site (see Chapter 5).

Configuration

PCI Expansion Slots

2 Preparing for Installation

Follow these instructions to prepare your computer for Intense 3D Pro

2200.

Make Sure Your Computer Is Ready

Make sure your IBM PC-compatible computer has the following:

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A Pentium, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II processor.

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A high-resolution multi-sync analog RGB monitor.

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Windows NT 4.0 operating system.

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A BIOS that supports PCI-to-PCI bridges.

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3 MB of free space on the computer’s hard disk.

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Open PCI expansion slots that support PCI bus mastering, one for
each board you want to install.

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A power supply that provides +3.3V to the PCI bus.

Take Antist atic Precautions

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Static electricity can damage the components inside a computer or on
a printed circuit board. To keep the possibility of electrostatic
discharge to a minimum, do the following:

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Turn off power to the computer.

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Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static
electricity before touching a board.

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Wear a properly connected grounding wrist strap when handling a
board or working in a computer.

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Do not wear wool or polyester clothing.

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Work in an area with a relative humidity of at least 50 percent.

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Do not remove a board from its antistatic bag until you are ready
to install it.

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Handle a board as little as possible and by the edges only.

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Collect Materials and Tools

Collect the following materials and tools:

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Intense 3D Pro boards and texture memory modules (if needed).

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Diskette containing the Intense 3D Pro 2200 video display driver.

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Flat-head or Phillips screwdriver, as required to prepare your

computer’s PCI slots for installation of the option boards.

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Monitor cable supplied with your computer or its monitor.

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Your computer’s documentation.

Retain all packaging materials. You must return your Intense 3D Pro
2200 hardware in its original packaging to obtain warranty service.

Make a Copy of the Video Display Driver Diskette

Make a copy of the diskette containing the Intense 3D Pro 2200 video
display driver as a precaution. Should anything happen to the copy,
you will still have the original diskette.

See your computer’s documentation to make a backup copy of the
video display driver diskette. Store the original video display driver
diskette in a safe place, and use the backup video display driver
diskette during the installation.

Read the Instructions

Before installing Intense 3D Pro 2200, read Chapter 3, “Installing the
Hardware,” and Chapter 4, “Installing the Software” completely. You
may want to review the
diskette as well.

Review your computer’s documentation for instructions on opening
and closing the computer, identifying PCI expansion slots, disabling
on-board graphics acceleration, and adding expansion boards.

Review the Microsoft Windows NT documentation and online Help for
information on using the Display application, and for instructions on
installing drivers and software application programs.

README.TXT file on the video display driver