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Graphical Rendering.
Render.exe starts when the user selects the 3D-view option or
icon on the KitCAD header bar. KitCAD saves the plan view to a
temporary file and setting in another. Then the Render.exe
application is started using the VCL win32 shell. This intern
creates a separate stream to handle rendering. Render.exe will
create a file with ordering information which is used with the
zoom option that is set from the render3D view within
KitCAD.
You will see Render.exe display a status dialog as it works
through the information. An error will be shown if the refresh
rate is not set long enough, default is 2 seconds.
Render.exe has an advantage over other software of this type
since it can be closed! A checking function will be included in
later issues of this software. For now use Alt+Ctrl+Del
to pause and select the item named 'KitCAD 3D Working...' from
the Task Manager and then press the 'End Task' button to finish
the process of render.exe
KitCAD's Rendering is controlled by another application.
KitCAD dumps the plan view *.KPD file text into another file
named Render.KPD or KitCAD.KPX located in the sub-directory of
..\Program Files\Kitchen\KitCAD\Objects\. Other
information is stored in the KitCAD.3D file that is also
located in the same directory.
Render.exe which is located in ..\Program
Files\Kitchen\KitCAD\Files and is responsible for how a
user controls KitCAD and deals with the process of rendering.
The process is also dependent on how the client is logged-in,
see the section on 'Clients and networking features' for more
information.
DOS can be used to pass information files onto an application
server which intern can process the data ready for coping back
to the requesting client. This is one of the reasons you must
have a server side and a client side to this software. The
other is described in the section titled 'KitCAD environment
and features. Using KitCAD'.
If the user has set the 'Render wait' option in the view menu
on the KitCAD header bar then Render.exe will pause before
closing. The user/s and administrator/s alike can then change
how Render.exe works.
NOTE : These options and functions do not apply to
OpenGL renderings.
By right clicking on the Render.exe application, a user is
prompted with a pop-up dialog showing 4 options:
Go - Saves settings, and Runs Render.exe and saves one
image.
Local - Runs Render.exe locally or using the client log-on
settings.
Server- Runs Render.exe on an application server using a DOS
batch file.
Exit - Finishes Render.exe and saves the final bitmapped
image.
Right Clicking on the 3D icon on the KitCAD header bar allows a
user to change the refresh rates of the KitCAD render view. The
default KitCAD render refresh rate is 2 seconds. KitCAD render
view will scan a dump image several times before being caught
by having image copied from render.exe, this deletes the file
and the temporary files. The results of this can be an error
dialog or a black screen from KitCAD. To correct this a user
would extend the time a KitCAD render view will wait before
getting its image. The Longest refresh time for a KitCAD render
view is about 2 minutes, quickest is 2 seconds.
A Blue Error Screen or a File Not Found dialog may also be
displayed if the refresh rate is not set long enough. To
correct this error extend the wait time using KitCAD, see above
for more information. Clients and networking features.
Updated on the 27th of June, 2004.
