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Autodesk
®ImageModeler
®2009
Graphics Hardware Qualification
Microsoft
®Windows
®Platform
Last updated: November 27, 2008.
Readme First
The information contained in the Readme First document applies to all hardware qualification executed on the Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 software product release and should be acknowledged by all users prior consulting the qualification charts.
Contents Readme First What’s New
Graphics Cards & Drivers Caveats & Limitations The following table provides a description of NVIDIA graphics cards caveats and limitations. Operating System Dependent & Miscellaneous Issues
What’s New
Make sure you look at our latest additions to this document, which are: NVIDIA® and ATI™ graphics cards results and caveats.
Graphics Cards & Drivers
The following table lists the graphics cards and driver versions for the ImageModeler 2009 software product release.
Table Legend
Qualified.
Qualified with caveats. Refer to Caveats & Limitations.
Qualification planned. Results coming shortly.
Supported (although not officially qualified in our lab).
Qualification failed due to serious problems.
Un-tested. No qualification planned – not applicable / not available.
Graphics Card & Driver Qualifications for Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 for Windows Windows XP SP2 Windows Vista Business SP1
Graphics Card Driver 32-bit OS 64-bit OS 32-bit OS 64-bit OS
NVIDIA Quadro FX™ 5800 178.46
Quadro FX 3700178.46
Quadro FX 1700178.46
Quadro FX 5600178.46
Quadro FX 4600178.46
Quadro FX 5500178.46
Quadro FX 4500178.46
Quadro FX 3500178.46
Quadro FX 1500178.46
GeForce® GPUs — See Note in Readme First
ATI
FireGL™ v7700
8.543
Graphics Card & Driver Qualifications for Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 for Windows Windows XP SP2 Windows Vista Business SP1
Graphics Card Driver 32-bit OS 64-bit OS 32-bit OS 64-bit OS
FireGL v3600
8.543
FirePro™ 3D v8700 8.543
FirePro 3D v5700 8.543
FirePro 3D v3700 8.543
FireGLv86508.543
FireGL v86008.543
FireGL v76008.543
FireGL v73508.543
Caveats & Limitations
The following table provides a description of NVIDIA graphics cards caveats and limitations. NVIDIA Graphics Cards Caveats and Limitations
Graphics Card Driver OS Limitation / Caveat Status /
Workaround
All All Microsoft
Windows Vista
Random viewport freezes have been noticed on Windows Vista with NVIDIA professional graphics cards such as QuadroFX.
None
The following table provides a description of ATI graphics cards caveats and limitations. ATI Graphics Cards Caveats and Limitations
Graphics Card Driver OS Limitation / Caveat Status /
Workaround
All All All Bug 315859 – Working in 4
viewports mode may cause the user the interface or some tools to lag.
Application slowdowns have also been noticed upon:
• loading panorama
• loading multiple images • toggling between full-screen
and window mode
• navigating through the user interface
• moving the cursor from a viewport to another. Autodesk currently working closely with ATI to resolve the issues
Operating System Dependent & Miscellaneous Issues
The following limitations/caveats are still being investigated. Autodesk has not identified the precise combination of factors involved. Please refer to the “Release Notes” for further details on known issues with ImageModeler.
Limitation / Caveat
Bug Number OS Description / Workaround
315748 All Moving the viewport separator can leave trails/artifacts
in the viewport
315749 All Anti-aliasing mode only affects 3D objects. The draw axis
is not affected by this display preference
315756 All Changing the viewport mode from 1 view to 4 views will
result in the wireframe color changing from white to blue, for textured objects that have capture patterns created and visible on them.
N/A Microsoft
Windows 64-bit operating systems
Users running ImageModeler on 64-bit operating systems may experience random problems in different parts of the application. As stated in the system requirements, this version is only supported on 32-bit operating systems.
N/A All Display issues have been found when using
ImageModeler in dual screen mode whereby textures may appear as red texture and fonts as red square. The
workaround is to use Extended screen mode instead of
the Dual screen mode.
N/A All ImageModeler does not support graphic tablet pen
pointer behavior. If you use a graphic tablet, you must switch to a mouse pointer behavior.
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