HP for Dassault Systemes - HP-UX 11.11 Graphics Information

The HP FireGL X3-256 graphical adapter has been certified by Dassault Systemes. This is effective immediately for:

• CATIA Version 4 Release 2.4 Refresh 01
• CATIA Version 5 Release 12 SP3
• ENOVIAVPM 1.5 PTF 28
• ENOVIA Portal Version 5 Release 12 SP3
• ENOVIA LCA Version 5 Release 12 SP3

and higher releases of these products.

The support of C8000 FireGL X3-256 configuration requires HPUX 11i v1.0 (or 11.11) with following bundles and patches :

• HP-UX 11i TCOE June 2004 (Core OS)
• GOLDAPPS11i Gold Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, June 2004
• GOLDBASE11i Gold Base Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, June 2004
• HWEnable11i Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v1, June 2004
• PHSS_30049 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch
• PHSS_31270 3D Common Run (PA2.0 only)
• PHSS_31271 PEX 5.1/Starbase/Hardcopy Run (PA2.0 only)
• PHSS_31274 Starbase/Hardware Dev (PA2.0 only)
• PHSS_31275 OpenGL 1.1 Dev (PA2.0 only)
• PHSS_31276 OpenGL 1.1 Run (PA2.0 only)
• PHSS_31281 Xserver cumulative patch
• PHSS_32185 C8000 PDC 2.12, BMC 2,32 Firmware patch

Detailed information about HP-UX 11.11 configuration can be found in the HP-UX 11.11 section.

The HP FireGL X1-256 graphical adapter has been certified by Dassault Systemes. This is effective immediately for:

• CATIA Version 4 Release 2.4 Refresh 01
• CATIA Version 5 Release 12 (from SP3)
• ENOVIAVPM 1.5 (PTF 23 required)
• ENOVIA Portal Version 5 Release 12 (from SP3)
• ENOVIA LCA Version 5 Release 12 (from SP3)

and higher releases of these products. Please beware that the support requires the installation of the March 2004 graphics patches. Also note that the FireGL X1-256 is only supported on HP-UX 11i.

The HP FireGL T2-128 graphical adapter has been certified by Dassault Systemes. This is effective immediately for:

• CATIA Version 4 Release 2.4 Refresh 01
• CATIA Version 5 Release 12 (from SP3)
• ENOVIAVPM 1.5 (PTF 21 required)
• ENOVIA Portal Version 5 Release 12 (from SP3)
• ENOVIA LCA Version 5 Release 12 (from SP3) and higher release of these products.

Please beware that the support requires the installation of the March 2004 graphics patches. Also note that the FireGL T2-128 is only supported on HP-UX 11i.

The HP FireGL-UX graphical adapter is now certified by Dassault Systemes. This is effective immediately for:

• CATIA Version 4 Release 2.4 Refresh 01
• CATIA Version 5 Release 8 (from SP3)
• ENOVIAVPM 1.5 (PTF10 required)
• ENOVIA Portal Version 5 Release 8 (from SP3)
  
  and higher release of these products.

Please beware that the support requires the installation of the September 2002 graphics patches. Also note that the FireGL-UX is only available on HP-UX 11.xx.

Verify the FireGL-UX minimum requirements for configuring to install and use the new HP FireGL-UX.

• To get the number of frames per second in ogl, export HPOGL_LOG_FRAME_RATE to 1 before starting the application (CATIA V5 for ex.).
  
  
• Note that running multi-windows OpenGL applications, such as CATIA V5, may present slight modification of colors when several OpenGL windows are displayed. To avoid this visual effect, you may change a display option in the /etc/X11/X0screens file:
  
  Screen /dev/crt
  ScreenOptions
  FoodNumFastAttrSlots 0
  
  As CATIA V5 uses some 24-bit windows that are not used by OpenGL and are not expected to be gamma, we recommend you use this option with caution.
  
  
• Defining points in CATIA V4 may result of non-filled displayed points. This is a side effect viewable on both FX family and FireGL-UX graphics cards. You can set the HP_FILL_MARKER shell variable to a non null value to make Phigs marker type of -6 to be a solid-fill square rather than an outlined square.
  Example: export HP_FILL_MARKER=1
  
  
•  The CATIA V5 Tool Capture function can generate a black (or magenta) window as it uses specific rendering mechanism that needs to be configured in the Xserver. Indirect rendering is done with the hardware driver by default. However,  such as rendering to a glXPixmap may not be available in all hardware drivers, like the FireGL family.
  
  If the V5 Tool Capture is used with the Pixel mode :
  Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to uncomment the "AccelerateIndirectRendering" option and set it to false. This option is part of the "ServerLayout" option and will force OGL indirect contexts to be rendered in software.
  
  Ex.
  Section "ServerLayout"
  Option "AccelerateIndirectRendering" "false"
  
  If the V5 Tool Capture is used with the Screen mode :
  The Xserver must be set in TrueColor 24bit.
  
  1. Execute Sam > Display > X Server Configuration, and highlight the appropriate device (For ex. Connector 1 on a X3 adapter). Then select Actions > Modify Screen Options, highlight the 'DefaultVisualTrueColor' option and set the value to 'true', and validate the 'Set Option' to make the change permanent. Select File > Exit to save the XF86Config file and restart the X Server.
  
  2. Manual procedure : edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and add in the appropriate Device section the following line:
  
  Option "DefaultVisualTrueColor" "true"
  
  Restart the X server to make the change effective (Ctrl+Shift+Break)

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