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Changing Fonts on Windows
Patran on Windows uses fonts as defined under
Control Panel\Display\Settings\Advanced
Large fonts are not recommended as they may, depending on monitor size and screen resolution, distort some forms.
Installing 3Dconnexion Spaceball
Patran supports the 3Dconnexion Spaceball 4000, 5000 and SpacePilot (tested driver version 2.6.5.3). Follow the SpaceWare installation instructions for these products. No additional steps are required for use with Patran. You can obtain these instructions, as well as the latest drivers, at the 3Dconnexion web site, www.3Dconnexion.com/software.
Setting the Startup Directory
Patran runs from and stores database, session, and journal files in certain directories. If invoked from a DOS prompt, the current working directory is selected. If invoking form the Start menu or double clicking on the Patran icon, Patran uses the shortcut’s “start in” directory. This can be edited by using the right mouse button and selecting “Properties.” If this is not set, then Patran starts in the user’s home directory. If it cannot find it, it then looks for the HOMEPATH environment variable to define the startup directory. If no variables are set then the root directory (
C:\) is used. Normally, the Windows administrator should set up each account with a home directory. The startup directory can also be set using the Set Working Directory to Database Location toggle on the File/New or File/Open forms (
New... (p. 60) in the Patran Reference Manual).
Note that unlike the UNIX version, you can run Patran on Windows using a path name that contains spaces. However, this is not supported because several third party products and modules do have problems with spaces.
Patran uses %windir%\temp as the startup directory by default. This usually resolves to: c:\winnt\temp
Enabling more than 2.0 GB of Memory Access
The following steps will enable access to more than two Gigabytes of memory for Patran with these 32 bit architectured operating systems: On Windows 64, the 64 bit version of Patran can access as much memory as your machine has installed. Please see the
Microsoft Windows Requirements (Ch. 5) for more information.
• Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition (NT 4.0 SP3 and above)
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows 2003 Server
Modify boot.ini File
Administrative privileges are required.
1. Open Windows Explorer
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
4. In the root folder (usually, C:\), locate the boot.ini file and remove its read-only attribute by right-clicking the file, choosing Properties and clearing the Read-only check box.
5. Open the boot.ini file in a text editor, and then add the /3GB parameter to the ARC path, as shown in the following example:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional 3GB" /fastdetect /3GB
6. On the File menu, click Save.
7. Restore the read-only attribute to the Boot.ini file.
Here’s an example of a modified boot.ini file:
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional 3GB" /fastdetect /3GB
A reboot is required to start Windows with the /3GB parameter. After rebooting, the process is complete. Patran should now be able to access up to a maximum of 3GB of memory. Check to make sure that the computer's total virtual memory is not limited to less than 3 GB.
Note: | With this switch, Patran will still only use up to 2 GB, but if other applications are using memory, Patran will use the extra memory available up to 3 GB. |