Fully shattered structure

It is possible to translate CATIA® V5, JT® and ProE® files into seemage fully shattered files structure. So instead of getting a SMG file from a CATProduct, we can have :
- one smgXml file per CATProduct
- one smgXml+smgGeom files per CATPart
And for ProE®, it will be
- one smgXml file per .asm
- one smgXml+smggeom files per .prt

This solution allows to use level of details and loading on demand. Also, if a part changed in the CAD, it is enough to translate only this CATPart (or PRT, JT) and replace previous one.
This translation mode is available in seemage Sync only

How to get useful information on you video card

If you do have problem on seemage due to your video card, we might need maximum of informations. You could send us TXT generated file from :
- start / run
- enter cmd
- enter dxdiag
- save all informations

PDF Export Information

General Behavior:
The standard Seemage installation works this way: If Adobe Solution 8.0 (Acrobat and/or Reader) is already installed on the computer, Seemage puts automatically the Seemage_PDF plug-ins (seemageControl.dll + seemageReader.api or seemageControl.dll + seemageWriter.api) in the correct folder:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\plug_ins
or
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\plug_ins
If not, it creates automatically two folders in C:\Program Files\Seemage\4.3\Plugins\Acrobat where it is possible to pick up the plug-ins in order to place them manually in the correct folders (if one of Acrobat solution is installed afterward).
For instance, if only Acrobat Reader is installed, it will place the 'Reader plug-ins' in the ‘C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\plug_ins’ folder and create a ‘Writer’ folder in the C:\Program Files\Seemage\4.3\Plugins\Acrobat.

Acrobat 7.0:
The standard Seemage installation will put the plug-ins in the Adobe Solution 8.0 folders. Thus, if only Adobe Solution 7.0 is installed on the machine, the easiest way to install the plug-ins is to launch 'SeemageAcrobat7.msi' that one will find in C:\Program Files\Seemage\4.3\Plugins\Acrobat.

Warning:
PDF export from Seemage: If an animation has been made on a model where the vertical axis different from Z+, a u3D export won’t take into account the camera views. This is a choice that has been made because the u3D format cannot handle a change from Seemage in the vertical axis.
64 bits: The instalation doesn't work on a 64 bits machine

Seemage Plug-ins:
Download here

Installation of seemage Free Players

It is possible to embed seemage model in different free Players:
- seemage EXE which does not need requieres any installation (application, plug-in or activeX),
- seemage PDF which needs seemage free plug-in for Acrobat® Reader 7 or higer. To install the plug-in, Administrator rights are requiered,
- seemage ActiveX for webpage (in IE or Firefox), MS Office® documents which needs seemage ActiveX (seemageEmbedded.ocx) to be registered. Administrator rights are also requiered for this plug-in.
Visit www.seemage.com to download seemage free Players.

Clear Empty Group

When parts or assembies are removed, in the assembly tree structure, the hierarchy will show blank checkboxes. To remove all empty groups, it is enough to go in Edit menu and select "Clear empty groups".