Conference allvax::pro_engineer

419.0. "Configuring a workstation for Overlay support" by HYDRA::DONSBACH (Jeff Donsbach, Software Partner Engineering, DTN 297-6862) Fri Mar 14 1997 16:57

    
    The following procedure, taken from the latest Pro/Engineer
    Configuration Guide for Digital Workstation Platforms, is
    how a workstation should be configured to use overlay plane
    capabilities of the workstation to their fullest extent with
    Pro/Engineer. Doing so minimizes the number of repaints that
    occur when overlapping windows (menus, etc.) are created and then
    moved or destroyed.
    
    These instructions apply to Version 17. For, Version 18, there
    are a couple of additional steps necessary which I will post
    as soon as I know I have the specifics correct.
    
    To configure your workstation to use graphics overlay planes with
    Pro/Engineer -
    
     Under the Common Desktop Environment (Unix 4.0 and later only)
    
      Prerequisite: Open 3D 4.1 or later must be installed
    
         To make the change for an individual user
    
        1. Edit the user's $HOME/.Xdefaults file
        2. Add (or change) the following entries -
    
        Dtsession*wmStartupCommand:   /usr/dt/bin/dtwm_overlay -Overlay
        Dtwm*0*overlayColorUse: FOUR_COLOR
    
        3. Save the file.
        4. Log off and log back in again. The overlay window manager
         will now be enabled.
    
         To make the change global for all users of the workstation
    
        1. Become root
        2. Create the directory "/etc/dt/app-defaults/C"
        3. Copy "/usr/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtsession" to
           "/etc/dt/app-defaults/C"
        4. Edit the "/etc/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtsession" file and
           remove the exclamation("!") from the following line:
    
            !#Dtsession*wmStartupCommand:   /usr/dt/bin/dtwm
    
          and change the window manager command to the command above in the
          individual user instructions. So, it looks like:
    
            Dtsession*wmStartupCommand:   /usr/dt/bin/dtwm_overlay -Overlay
        5. Save the file
        6. Copy "/usr/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtwm" to "/etc/dt/app-defaults/C"
        7. Edit "/etc/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtwm" file and add the line
            Dtwm*0*overlayColorUse: FOUR_COLOR
    
        8. Save the file
        9. Log out and log in again
    
     Under the DXsession/Motif Window Manager
    
         To make the change for an individual user
    
         1. Select the "Options" Menu from the Session Manager
         2. Click on the "Window Options"
         3. Select "Other" under the Window Manager label
         4.
           a. Under Digital Unix 3.2<x>, change the command in the text box
             to say
                /usr/bin/X11/mwm_overlay -overlay
           b. Under Digital Unix 4.0 and later, change the command in the
             text box to say
                /usr/bin/X11/mwm -Overlay
         5. Select "OK"
         6. Select the "Save Current Settings" from the "Options" menu
         7. Log out and log in again. The change will be in effect for
           anyone logging into the workstation on the console screen.
    
         To make the change global for ALL users of the workstation
    
         1. Become root
         2. Edit the file "/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/DXsession
         3. Search for the entry that says "*Mwm.command"
         4. Change the window manager command to either 4a or 4b above
           in the individual user instructions depending whether you are
           running Unix 3.2<x> or 4.0<x>
         5. Save the change to the file
         6. Log out and log in again. The change will affect all users
           of the workstation.

    
    The following two additional steps should be done to configure
    the workstation so Pro/E will use the overlay planes in V18
    of Pro/Engineer:
    
    For Digital Unix 3.2D workstations
       make sure Digital Unix patch MOTDU_E0232D1 is installed.
    
    For ALL versions of Uninx
    
    add the following line to your "config.pro" file
    
    overlays_enabled   yes
    
    (Note: this is a default on all platforms except DIGITAL.)