Metrolog XG9 - General Notes


Installation

Hardware required

The minimum recommended configuration is a Core 2 Duo type processor 3 GHz or equivalent, 2 GB RAM, a video card with 512 MB memory (nVIDIA or ATI type processor).

Approximately 600 MB free space on the hard drive is required for installation of Metrolog XG.

Windows compatibility

Metrolog XG 9 is Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista compatible.
Under Windows XP operating system, you might be faced with software windows display problems. In order to solve that, it is necessary to disable visual themes (MtXG.exe properties).

The current release has not been tested with Windows NT.

Online help

The MTXG.chm file contains the version 9.xx online help data. In order to read such files, Internet Explorer 5.0 or better must be installed on your computer. This file is also available in PDF format, as an  MTXG.pdf. file. You will need Acrobat Reader or some other shareware to read the file.

Note that it is not necessary to set-up Internet Explorer as your default web browser.

In Asiatic languages, it is possible to have display problems. To avoid this, it is necessary to modify Internet Explorer options : in the menu bar of Internet Explorer, select View > Encoding > Auto-Select. Open again the CHM file.


CAD format supported by Metrolog XG9

Format Version
 VDAFS  2.0
 UNISURF  1
 IGES  5.2
 SET  Z68-300, june 1989
 Catia  V4 and V5 from R14 to R18
 PARASOLID  14.1, 15 and 16
 UNIGRAPHICS  15, 16, 17, 18, NX, NX2, NX3 and NX4
 I-DEAS  ms9, ms10 and ms11
 Pro/ENGINEER  2000i, 2000i^2, 2001, Wildfire1, Wildfire2 and Wildfire3
 STEP  AP203 and AP214