Autodesk certifies certain system configurations as meeting the requirements to work with Alias software. Check that your system meets the following minimum requirements.
You can examine your system capabilities using system diagnostic tools. Select Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information.
See Graphics card setup.
Microsoft® Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or later)
Microsoft® Windows Vista® 32-bit and 64-bit (SP1 or later)
Microsoft® Windows 7® 32-bit and 64-bit
Refer to http://www.autodesk.com/qual-charts.
Refer to http://www.autodesk.com/qual-charts.
The graphics display performance in Alias depends on the quality of your graphics card and on the option settings in the Display Properties window of your graphics card.
To learn the option settings for graphics cards that are certified for use with Alias, see the latest qualification chart, at http://www.autodesk.com/qual-charts.
If your graphics card is not certified, perform the following steps. These steps offer general guidelines only because each manufacturer has a unique set of display options.
To set up your graphics card
To set graphics performance options
When the driver software for your graphics card was installed, a tab named for the card was likely created in the Display Properties window. The tab has performance options that vary with the kind of card. On Windows, click the Settings tab and then the Advanced button and select the appropriate tab.
Here are some general suggestions for setting performance options:
Alias takes advantage of the hardware overlay plane feature available with most mid- and high-quality OpenGL graphics cards. In brief, overlay planes enable programs to quickly display certain elements of a user interface that exist on top of other elements, without having to redraw the entire user interface. Overlay planes are called hardware overlays in some products.
Alias works with four-bit or greater overlay planes, whether they are single-buffered or double-buffered. For some graphics cards, overlay planes are available only if you turn off alpha planes operation.
Set the mouse buttons as follows:
To check or set the mouse buttons, go to the Windows Start menu and choose Settings > Control Panel > Mouse. Use standard mouse driver option settings. Do not, for example, set the middle mouse button to work as a double-click of the left button.
Some vendors offer Windows enhancement software that lets you use your mouse to activate windows and panels in the same way as in UNIX operating systems. For example, you can download an XMouse productivity tool from microsoft.com to simulate UNIX mouse-window activation. However, we have not tested such software for use with Alias for Windows.
A wheel mouse (such as Microsoft Intellimouse) should operate as a 3-button mouse. If not, reconfigure it in your Windows Control Panel (choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Mouse). You do not need to install a new driver.