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Question: Does
MYRIAD work with both 2D and 3D drawings?
Answer: Yes. MYRIAD lets you
and other members of your design team view, redline and markup
2D and 3D drawings and graphic files.
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Question: How
do I control the level of detail in models?
Answer: You can manually
adjust the amount of detail recognized as a geometric shape on a
tessellated 3D model by using the Feature Recognition
Computation slider tool on the 3D Options tab. If you move the
slider towards Less Aggressive, larger sections of model are
recognized. If you move the slider towards More Aggressive,
smaller sections are recognized.
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Question: Can
I also control the level of precision in measurements?
Answer: Yes. On the 3D
Display tab you can use the Measurement/Dimension Precision to
enter a number from 1 through 5 to specify the number of decimal
places to be used in calibration. For example, if you enter a
“5” your measurement would be 5.14389, but if you enter a
“2” it would be 5.14. “4” is the default value.
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Question: Can
I view a model from any angle?
Answer: Yes. Use the
Specified Orbit dialog box on the viewing menu to place the
camera wherever you want. Set values for the x, y and z axes and
choose either degrees or radians. The model will then snap to
the location you’ve specified.
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Question: How
do I see the detail of models?
Answer: The feature
recognition render method lets you view a model as basic
geometric shapes. You have a choice of Feature, Feature Hidden
and Feature Composite modes.
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Question: Can
I exclude parts of models from cutting and cross sectioning?
Answer: Yes. You can do this
by hiding the parts you don’t want to cut or cross section.
After you’ve made your cut/cross section, use the display
command to make the parts reappear.
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Question: What
is the MYRIAD Browser Plug-in?
Answer: The MYRIAD Browser
Plug-in is a standard option with all forms of MYRIAD, and is
used to make MYRIAD work with both Internet Explorer and
Netscape. To install it, first ensure that either browser is
installed on the client system. Then follow the instructions in
the Readme located in your Browser Plug-in folder (e.g.,
C:\Program Files\MYRIAD\Browser Plug-In\Readme.rtf).
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Collaboration
Question: How
can I keep track of the changes everyone submits?
Answer: Don’t worry.
MYRIAD’s unique Changemarks feature helps organize and
streamline your engineering change order (ECO) management
process. Changemarks guides you through each redline
step-by-step—even through a large document set-- so you can be
sure you’ve understood all redlines correctly, and
incorporated them into your revised drawings.
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Question: Can
I send specific drawings, or portions of them without sending
the entire set?
Answer: Yes. MYRIAD’s View
Set feature lets you isolate entire drawings, or highlight parts
and cross-sections to send to specific suppliers or team
members. You can export drawings and models in their original
format, including all cross-sections, dimensions, exploded
views, and cutaways to 3D Studio to create presentations for
clients, investors, or for business development. You can also
publish View Sets to a web site so team members, suppliers and
support staff can easily view them.
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Question: Can
I make customized “snapshots” and save them as View Sets?
Answer: Yes. The interactive
option on the Explode feature lets you explode a model piece by
piece and position each however you want. You can take
measurements and dimensions, add notes, etc. before saving as a
View Set.
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Technical Support
Questions
Question: What
type of operating system do I need to run MYRIAD?
Answer: As a minimum, we
recommend a Pentium 200 or higher with Windows NT 4.0, or
Windows 98/2000/XP with 75 MB hard disk space, 128 MB RAM, and
100 MB available swap disk space (500 MB if using 3D). We also
highly recommend that you have an OpenGL accelerated video card.
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Question: What
is the set-up and installation procedure?
Answer: MYRIAD Desktop is
installed directly on your computer, and MYRIAD Network is
installed on your server. For a network license, we require you
to submit either your IP address or machine name.
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Question: What’s
the difference between a stand-alone and network license?
Answer: A stand-alone license
is installed and used on one computer. A concurrent (or
floating) license is installed on a network, and allows a set
number of employees to use the program, based on the number of
licenses purchased. For example, if you buy five licenses,
anyone in your company can use MYRIAD, but only five of them can
at any one time.
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Question: How
can I see a current list of drivers for my MYRIAD installaiton?
Answer: You can find a list
of all the current 2D and 3D drivers in the Systems dialog box
on the Help menu.
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Question: How
much training is required to use MYRIAD?
Answer: Virtually none.
MYRIAD’s intuitive interface, drop-down menus, and its
similarity to CAD programs make it possible to use immediately
with no special training.
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