Getting Started Guide

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Close this section 1. Introduction
Online Help
Spatial Web Site
Close this section 2. Finding Information
ACIS Online Help CD-ROM
Starting Online Help
PDF Print Files
Manuals
ACIS Online Help User's Guide
ACIS Getting Started Guide
ACIS Fundamental Concepts Guide
ACIS Application Development Manual
ACIS Glossary
ACIS Release Notes
Component Manuals
Examples in the Documentation
Examples Component
Test Application Examples
Searchable Index
Information Bulletins
Documentation Conventions
Directory and Path Names
Fonts and Typefaces
Class Names
Reference Templates
Keyboard Keys, Mouse Buttons, and Menu Names
Filenames
Close this section 3. SAT Save File Format
Save File Types
Structure of the Save File
Summary Mode
Usage
Saving in Summary Mode
Restoring in Summary Mode
Compression Results
Reserved Characters in SAT Files
Save File Header
Version Numbers
Entity Records
Optional Sequence Numbers
Save Identifier
Character Sets Supported
Entity Encapsulation in a Record
Terminator
Subtypes and References
Geometry with Laws
End Marker
History Markers
Class Restore Methods
Tracing SAT Data
Save File Example
Subtypes and References Example
Constant Definitions and #define
Close this section 4. Architecture
Components
Component Dependencies
Object Libraries
Close this section 5. Application Interfaces
C++ Interface
API Functions
Classes
DI Functions
Scheme Interface
Close this section 6. Using Scheme AIDE
File and Directory Names
Executable File
Scheme Procedure Files
Pathnames
Entering Scheme Commands
Starting Scheme AIDE
UNIX Platform
Windows Platform
Macintosh PowerPC Platform
Initialization File
Startup Options
Scheme Extension Syntax
Interaction
Common Interaction
UNIX Platform Interaction
Windows Platform Interaction
Simple Scheme Examples
Command Input File
Unite a Block and a Cylinder
Rotate Body
Save and Load
Close this section 7. Using Options
Close this section 8. Creating and Modifying Models
Running the Examples
Creating and Saving Edges
Offsetting a Wire Body
Creating Surfaces
Creating Solids
Solid Primitives
Using Surfaces to Enclose a Void
Sweeping Surfaces into Solids
Modifying Models
Transforming a Model
Using Booleans
Blending a Solid
Local Operations, Shelling, and Deformable Surfaces
Local Operations
Shelling
Deformable Modeling
Analyzing Models