3DLABS Oxygen 402 - Manual (Page 63)

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Appendix B Appendix B: Installing Your Heidi : Installing Your Heidi Driver Driver
NOTE: This section is for Kinetix 3D Studio MAX R1 users only.
Heidi is an interface layer that allows applications to operate without
knowing specific details of the display hardware. Your Oxygen card will
accelerate the performance of 3D Studio MAX R1, but only if the
Oxygen Heidi driver is installed. The Oxygen Heidi driver software is
available for download from our web site at:
http://www.dynamicpictures.com/drivers.cgi .
Installing and using your Heidi driver requires two basic steps:
•
After you have completed the installation of your Oxygen card
and driver software, and also completed the installation of 3D
Studio MAX R1, you will need to install the Oxygen Heidi
driver.
•
When launching 3D Studio MAX R1 for the first time, you will
need to instruct the application to use the Oxygen Heidi
driver.
Heidi driver files always end with a .HDI extension, and are stored in
the
DRIVERS directory. This directory is located in the 3D Studio MAX
R1 top-level directory where the 3D Studio MAX R1 executable
program (3DSMAX.EXE) resides. The default location for the Heidi
drivers folder is:
< SystemDrive>:\3DSMAX\DRIVERS
where SystemDrive is the letter (e.g., C, D, E, etc.) of the drive where
Windows NT is installed. If you are unsure of where 3D Studio MAX R1
is installed, contact your system administrator.