Cosmetic Problems and Frequent Questions

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This section covers warnings and cosmetic problems such as colors or fonts. It also includes several frequently asked questions about Patran and related products.

Problem 1:	“Unable to allocate x colors”
Any	When I execute Patran, I get the error: Unable to allocate 120 colors. Lower the “graphics_colors” setting in settings.pcl (but not less than 64).
Resolution 1:	This indicates one of the following: • Your workstation or X terminal does not have enough bit planes of color to support at least 120 colors. Patran requires the workstation, or X terminal, have at least 256 simultaneous colors (8‑bit planes). • There are other X applications that are concurrently being displayed on your workstation or X terminal, that have allocated colors from the terminal’s color lookup table, and Patran is unable to allocate 120 colors. Either reduce the default 120 colors specified in the settings.pcl file, or exit one or more of the other X applications that are running. See The settings.pcl File, 63.

Problem 2:	Bad colors; bad font
Any	When I start up Patran, either the colors look funny, the font lettering looks too large, or I must manually cursor place each Patran window that pops up on the screen.
Resolution 2:	Make sure that you properly loaded the Patran application resource files from the Patran DVD-ROM. See UNIX Application Resources and Fonts, 61.

Problem 3:	Change fonts
Any	I would like to override the default font that Patran uses with one that I prefer. Is there a way to do this?
Resolution 3:	See UNIX Application Resources and Fonts, 61.

Problem 4:	Use 3D graphics accelerator card; hardware graphics
Any	The Patran 3D driver seems to run slow even though my workstation has a graphics accelerator board. Is there a way to have Patran to take advantage of the graphics board?
Resolution 4:	Yes, through the settings.pcl file that is usually located in the user’s home or default directory. See The settings.pcl File, 63. For additional information on the Patran 3D graphics driver see Graphics Boards and OpenGL Acceleration, 91

Problem 5:	“4DWM error: invalid icon bitmap”
IRIX	During Patran startup, error messages similar to the following are written to the terminal window: 4DWM error: invalid icon bitmap
Resolution 5:	Patran is not running with the correct icon resources. This does not effect the function of Patran. Correct the problem by inserting the following lines into the Patran resource file located in the user home directory, the system app_resources directory, or the Patran app_resources directory. PatraniconPixmap:<installation_dir>/icons/default_patran_logo.icon PatranGraphicsiconPixmap:<installation_dir>/icons/graphics_vp_logo.icon PatranModal*iconPixmap:<installation_dir>/icons/default_patran_logo.icon

Problem 1:

“Unable to allocate x colors”

Any

When I execute Patran, I get the error:

Unable to allocate 120 colors. Lower the “graphics_colors” setting in settings.pcl (but not less than 64).

Resolution 1:

This indicates one of the following:

• Your workstation or X terminal does not have enough bit planes of color to support at least 120 colors. Patran requires the workstation, or X terminal, have at least 256 simultaneous colors (8‑bit planes).

• There are other X applications that are concurrently being displayed on your workstation or X terminal, that have allocated colors from the terminal’s color lookup table, and Patran is unable to allocate 120 colors.

Either reduce the default 120 colors specified in the settings.pcl file, or exit one or more of the other X applications that are running. See The settings.pcl File, 63.

Problem 2:

Bad colors; bad font

Any

When I start up Patran, either the colors look funny, the font lettering looks too large, or I must manually cursor place each Patran window that pops up on the screen.

Resolution 2:

Make sure that you properly loaded the Patran application resource files from the Patran DVD-ROM. See UNIX Application Resources and Fonts, 61.

Problem 3:

Change fonts

Any

I would like to override the default font that Patran uses with one that I prefer. Is there a way to do this?

Resolution 3:

See UNIX Application Resources and Fonts, 61.

Problem 4:

Use 3D graphics accelerator card; hardware graphics

Any

The Patran 3D driver seems to run slow even though my workstation has a graphics accelerator board. Is there a way to have Patran to take advantage of the graphics board?

Resolution 4:

Yes, through the settings.pcl file that is usually located in the user’s home or default directory. See The settings.pcl File, 63. For additional information on the Patran 3D graphics driver see Graphics Boards and OpenGL Acceleration, 91

Problem 5:

“4DWM error: invalid icon bitmap”

IRIX

During Patran startup, error messages similar to the following are written to the terminal window:

4DWM error: invalid icon bitmap

Resolution 5:

Patran is not running with the correct icon resources. This does not effect the function of Patran. Correct the problem by inserting the following lines into the Patran resource file located in the user home directory, the system app_resources directory, or the Patran app_resources directory.

Patran*iconPixmap:<installation_dir>/icons/default_patran_logo.icon

PatranGraphics*iconPixmap:<installation_dir>/icons/graphics_vp_logo.icon

PatranModal*iconPixmap:<installation_dir>/icons/default_patran_logo.icon