StudioTools 10.1 for IRIX Qualification

Last Updated: April, 2003

StudioTools 10.1 for IRIX Qualification
Products	Version	Software Cut
Studio, AutoStudio, SurfaceStudio, DesignStudio, EvalViewer, Renderers	10.1.1	200304031507

The 10.1 IRIX distribution consists of the following:

The Applications, EvalViewer, ODS, plugins, On-line Help, CourseWare

Please Note The Following:

StudioTools for IRIX is qualified and supported only under the exact OS/Hardware configurations listed below. While it may be possible to use StudioTools for IRIX successfully with lower or higher versions of IRIX 6.5, Alias|Wavefront makes no guarantee of their fitness or reliability. StudioTools will not run at all under any version of IRIX prior to IRIX 6.5.
How To Obtain IRIX 6.5.x
Customers with valid SGI software support should have already received IRIX 6.5. Customers in North America who have not yet received IRIX 6.5, should call the Technical Assistance Center at 1-800-800-4744. International customers should call their local SGI office.
3DCD Notification:
As of version 9.0 the 3DCD no longer ships with Studio. Customers with a 3DCD from a previous product release can continue to use that material in their work. You can access shaders and tutorials using the StudioTools Assistant Online web pages.

File Compatibility:

StudioTools	StudioTools 10.0 and later will read wirefiles written by prior versions, however, prior versions will not be able to read 10.0 or later wirefiles. We have provided the `/usr/aw/alias10.1/bin/from100to97` translator that will convert 10.0 and later wirefiles to 9.7.x wirefiles. As of version 10.0 StudioTools wirefiles are backward and forward compatible with newer versions of StudioTools.
Maya	Maya 3.0 for IRIX will read StudioTools 9.0 wirefiles. Maya 4.0 & 3.0.1 for IRIX will read StudioTools 9.6.2 wirefiles. Maya 3.0 & 4.0 for IRIX exports version 8.1 wirefiles Maya 4.5 will read StudioTools 10.0 wirefiles via studioImport.mll (plugin shipped with Maya 4.5). Maya 4.5 exports StudioTools 9.5.2 wirefiles via MayaToAlias.mll (plugin shipped with Maya 4.5) StudioTools 10.1 ships with a translator that will convert 10.1 wirefiles to 9.7.x wirefiles. Refer to the utilities documentation for more detailed information.
StudioPaint	A StudioPaint 9.5 compatibility module is shipped with StudioTools 10.0 and 10.1 allowing for file compatibility between StudioPaint 9.5 and StudioTools 10.0 and 10.1. This module is installed automatically if StudioPaint 9.5 is detected at time of installation. You will not see StudioTools 10.0 as available formats in the StudioPaint Alias file compatibility settings, however if 9.7 is selected then you will be able to retrieve 10.0 wire files.
I-DEAS Direct Connect	Master Series 8 is compatible with StudioTools 10.0 and later Master Series 9 is compatible with StudioTools 10.0 and later Master Series 10 is compatible with StudioTools 10.0 and later

StudioTools 10.1 Qualification Chart
Hardware	Qualified on IRIX...	Required Patches
Fuel R14000 V10,V12	IRIX 6.5.15m, 6.5.19m [1][2][4][5][6][7][8]	none
Octane2 R12000 V6, V10, V8, V12 (including Dual Channel Display)	IRIX 6.5.15m, 6.5.19m [1][2][4][5][6][7][8]	none
Octane R10000 SI/SI+TRAM/SSI/MXI/ESI/ESSI/EMXI (including Dual and Duo configurations)	IRIX 6.5.15m[3]	none
Octane R12000 SI/SI+TRAM/SSI/MXI/ESI/ESSI/EMXI (Duo and Dual configurations currently untested)	IRIX 6.5.15m[3]	none
Octane R10000 / R12000 EMXI (Duo and Dual configurations currently untested)	IRIX 6.5.15m	none
O2 R5000/R10000	IRIX 6.5.15m	none
O2 R12000	IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Origin 200, 2000	IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Origin 3000	IRIX 6.5.16m	none
Onyx 3000 Series Infinite Reality3	IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Onyx2 Infinite Reality2	IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Onyx R10000 InfiniteReality	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Onyx R4400 InfiniteReality	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Power Onyx R8000	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Onyx R4400, RealityEngine2	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Onyx R10000, VTX, RealityEngine2	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Indigo2 R10000 Impact Graphics	IRIX 6.5.15m[3]	none
Indigo2 R10000 Extreme	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Indigo2 R4000, R4400, R4600 XL, Extreme	Unsupported	none
Indigo2 R4600 XZ	Unsupported	none
Power Indigo2 R8000	Unsupported	none
Crimson RealityEngine	UnSupported:	none
Crimson Elan	UnSupported:	none
Challenge R4400	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Power Challenge R8000	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Power Challenge R10000	Untested: IRIX 6.5.15m	none
Indigo R4000 with 24 bit graphics	Unsupported	none
Indigo R4000 with 8 bit graphics	Unsupported
Indy R4000, R4400, R4600, R5000 with 24bit graphics	Unsupported	none
Any Indy with 8 bit graphics	INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS CANNOT RUN

[1]	NOTE:	Interactive performance with CVs on, will be significantly reduced when Performance Options for Dynamic Draw Style are set to 'NORMAL' and the CV Icon draw style for surfaces and curves are not set to display as dots (see Object Display->DrawStyle in the main StudioTools menu.)
[2]	NOTE:	When operating with a Dual Display option board, the Alias file browser stretches across both screens but only displays a screen and a half of the actual browser. Switch the Alias file browser to "Name Only" to see all of your files and navigate your directories.
[3]	NOTE:	In order to fully utilize StudioTools it is highly recommended that you have Texture memory (TRAM) installed on your workstation. Any IRIX workstation that does not have Texture memory will suffer from poor interactive performance when viewing hardware shaded objects with textures.
[4]	NOTE:	Running StudioTools with borders turned OFF will cause palette and shelf icons to be displayed as solid gray. Ensure that borders are enabled in the Palette/Shelves Layout settings under the Preferences->Interface options.
[5]	NOTE:	Both Octane2 and Fuel systems have hardware-accelerated specular shading capabilities. StudioTools will make use of this feature in hardware shaded mode when using the default light option in TglShade. While in this mode you will not see any texture or color attributes as defined in the MultiLister. You must change the lighting options in TglShade to use 'All Lights' or 'Selected Lights' to see color and texture attributes in shaded mode.
[6]	NOTE:	Hardware hidden line silhouette does not draw correctly on Vpro graphics cards. You will notice poor performance and quality with the hardware hidden line functionality.
[7]	NOTE:	On systems running Vpro graphics you may encounter situations where CV's and model wire display will appear to pop on and off in shaded mode while tumbling your model. This problem is very intermittent.
[8]	NOTE:	On systems running Vpro graphics you may encounter situations where lines will appear in your scene, increasing in density as you dolly into your model. This is likely caused by clipping plane values in the Camera Editor. You can correct this by increasing or decreasing the near/far clipping values.

Platforms marked Untested have not been tested in any way by Alias|Wavefront, and at time of press are NOT Qualified.
Platforms marked Unsupported: indicate that StudioTools cannot operate to our standard of performance, stability or quality and at time of press are NOT Qualified.

Hardware Notes

For any product other than Render Software, all SGIs require a z-buffer, except Indy XL, and Indigo2 XL.
Eight-bit graphics configurations are not supported.
A minimum of 128MB of RAM is required, however increasing the amount of memory will increase the performance of Alias. It is important to note that IRIX 6.5 requires more system memory than previous versions of IRIX and will likely degrade the performance of Alias if you are running low on memory.

Not Supported

StudioTools 10.0 IS NOT QUALIFIED for R2000 and R3000 based systems:

Professional Series
Power Series
Personal Iris
R3000 Indigo

In addition, the following Graphics Systems ARE NOT QUALIFIED:

GT Graphics
GTX Graphics
VGX Graphics
VGXT Graphics
ANY 8-bit Graphics platform