HVRC LOD Tool Read Me - Release 1.1.3 ------------------------------------- This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement this release. Please refer to the Release Notes (releasenotes.txt) for information about this specific software release. WELCOME TO THE HVRC LOD TOOL ---------------------------- Welcome to HVRC LOD Tool, a utility for configuring and generating levels of details for VRML objects. We hope that you will enjoy using our LOD Tool and that it will benefit you in your work. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- This software is based on cross-platform Java technology. If you are using Microsoft Windows or Linux (Intel x86) then the installer will offer to install an appropriate Java environment for you. The software can be installed on other operating systems that supports the minimum required Java 5 and Java 3D software versions listed below. If you are not using Microsoft Windows or Linux (Intel x86), ensure that Java and Java 3D are installed before installing the software. The latest versions can be found at https://java3d.dev.java.net/ The minimum requirements for the system is: * 500MHz Pentium 4 Personal Computer * 128Mb RAM * Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP * Sun Java 2 JRE 1.5 * Sun Java 3D 1.5.1 * 3D Graphics accelerator card The software is easiest to use with a three button mouse (including two- button mice with a scroll wheel "button). When used with a two-button mouse, use the alt-key on your keyboard, in combination with the left mouse button, to simulate the middle mouse button. If you have a single-button mouse, use the control key, in combination with the mouse button, to simulate the right mouse button. INSTALLATION ------------ Important: See System Requirements above before installing. The installer called "LOD Tool Installer" installs the software. Double-click on the installer and follow the instructions. DOCUMENTATION ------------- There is no documentation available in English yet. Sorry. Documentation in Norwegian is available on request. For information about the polygon reduction parameters, see the Chisel documentation and LOD Tool FAQ on the HVRC Web Site: http://www.ife.no/vr SUPPORT ------- Please send bug reports, ideas, questions, or comments about this software to . Note that because this software depends on third-party software for polygon reduction and for loading VRML files, bugs related to those functions are probably beyond our control. When sending bug reports, please include (if possible) a copy of the technical details from the about box. The about box can be accessed via the Help menu (Help > About LOD Tool). CREDITS ------- See the Credits in the LOD Tool About Box (Help > About LOD Tool) for credits. The LOD Tool was developed as a student project at Halden Virtual Reality Centre (http://www.ife.no/vr/) in 2000 by students from ¯stfold University College (http://www.hiof.no/). Polygon reduction functionality has been implemented using Chisel from Trapezium Software as a library. Thanks to Trapezium for making the code available and thus making this software possible. Chisel can be downloaded here: http://www.ife.no/vr/tools/chisel/install.htm LICENSE INFORMATION ------------------- This software is (c) Copyright IFE/HVRC 2002-2008. All rights reserved. The software uses and is distributed with libraries (c) IFE/J3D.org (navigation library), Sun Microsystems (Java Run-time Environment, Java 3D, and j3d-vrml97.jar), and Trapezium Development LLC (trapezium.jar - Chisel/Vorlon). The license files for the software from Sun Microsystems software are included amongst the installed files. The VRML97 loader, j3d-vrml97.jar, is licensed under the BSD license. 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The obligations of you and IFE under Sections 2 ("Provided 'As Is'"), 4 ("Title"), 6 ("Limitation of Liability"), 7 ("Termination") and 8 ("General Provisions") hereof will survive termination of this Agreement and will continue in full force and effect thereafter. 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and IFE and supersedes any prior agreement, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. The section headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience and will not be considered in its interpretation. HISTORY ------- 1.0 First internal release (2002.06.01) 1.0.1 Internal maintenance release 1.0.2 Internal maintenance release 1.1 First public release (2005.04.05) 1.1.1 Maintenance release (2005.11.25) 1.1.2 Upgraded VRML97 loader (2007.10.26) 1.1.3 Upgraded VRML97 loader (2008.01.21) ## Halden Virtual Reality Centre Institute for Energy Technology, Halden, Norway