Related Documentation

Lustre Configurations			Notational Conventions
Chapter 1, Introduction

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Accessing Online Help

Accessing PDF Documentation

The following table describes the documentation associated with your application. For a detailed list of the latest documentation, see your release notes.

User Guides	Provides
Autodesk Lustre 2009 User Guide	Detailed instructions on using the software.
Autodesk Control Surface User Guide	Detailed instructions on using the Autodesk control surface and the Tangent CP100.
Autodesk Lustre 2009 New Features Guide	Information about the new features for this release.
Autodesk Lustre 2009 Hot Keys Card	A list of the most frequently used hot keys.
Autodesk Lustre 2009 Release Notes	A complete list of documentation and information on late-breaking features.
Autodesk Lustre 2009 Fixed and Known Bug List	A complete list of fixed and known bugs for this release.

Installation and Configuration Guides	Provides
Hardware Setup Guide (for your workstation)	Information on how to setup your workstation and video I/O peripherals.
Stone Direct Configuration Guide	Provides detailed connectivity diagrams and configuration procedures for your Autodesk Stone® storage arrays.
Stone and Wire Filesystem and Networking Guide	Procedures for configuring your Autodesk Wiretap^TM services.
Autodesk Lustre 2009 Software Installation Guide (for your operating system)	Information about installing and licensing yourAutodesk Lustre software.

Other Guides	Provides
Autodesk Lustre Sparks API Reference Guide	Instructions for developing Sparks plugins for Lustre.
Autodesk Backburner 2008.1 Installation Guide Autodesk Backburner 2008.1 User Guide	Information on how to install, set up, and use Autodesk Backburner^TM.

Consult the Autodesk Web site at www.autodesk.com/lustre-documentation for the latest version of guides, release notes, and fixed and known bugs documents.

Accessing Online Help

Autodesk provides complete documentation in an accessible HTML help system that is displayed in a Web browser. The Help is automatically installed unless specified otherwise during the software installation.

You can install the Help on another system without installing Lustre. For Windows®, select Online Help only when prompted to select components in the Lustre Installer. For Linux®, you can copy the Documentation/help directory from the CD onto another workstation.

To start the help system from Lustre:

Click the Help button, located in the lower-right corner of all menus, or press Shift+F1.

To start the help system from the desktop:

If using the Windows version of Lustre, select Start | Programs | Autodesk | lustre | Online Help from the Windows task bar.

The Help appears in a browser window.
If using the Linux version of Lustre, open a shell and type:

cd /usr/Autodesk/lustre/online_help2009/online_help

To copy the Help to another system:

Copy the Documentation/help directory from the software CD-ROM to the new location on another system.
To start the Help after you copy the help directory, open the help/html/_start_helpsystem.html file.

Accessing PDF Documentation

The complete documentation set is available in PDF (Portable Document Format) for online viewing and printing. On Windows systems, use Adobe® Acrobat® Reader^TM to view and print the PDF files. On Linux workstations, use either Adobe Acrobat Reader or the Xpdf viewer. You can access the PDF files from the Lustre software CD or from www.autodesk.com/lustre-documentation.

Note: If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download a free copy from the Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com). If you do not have Xpdf viewer, you can download a free copy from the Xpdf Web site (www.foolabs.com/xpdf/).

From the Lustre Application CD

You can view and print the PDF files from the Lustre CD using Adobe Acrobat Reader. All PDF files are located in a directory called Documentation at the top level of the CD.

To view the PDF files on the application CD:

Place the Lustre CD in the CD-ROM drive of your system.
If using the Windows version of Lustre, in Windows Explorer, go to the Documentation folder on the CD.
If using the Linux version of Lustre, open a Linux shell and navigate to the Documentation folder on the CD. Type:

/mnt/cdrom/documentation
To view one of the documentation PDF files, do one of the following:
- If using the Windows version of Lustre, double-click the desired file.
- If using the Linux version of Lustre, type:
  
  xpdf <filename>
The file opens in Acrobat Reader or the Xpdf viewer.

Accessing PDF Documentation from the Autodesk Web Site

You can also find the PDF files on the Autodesk Web site, www.autodesk.com/lustre-documentation, and download any of the available files.