VoloView object in VB

Anonymous · ‎02-22-2002

Hi all.

I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing and I'm
experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview control,
it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is displayed.
Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill: "Support
path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really know
what to put in there.

So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from you!

Thanks.

Alain

Anonymous · ‎02-24-2002

Alain,

There is absolutely nothing wrong in what you are doing.
Volo View control does not support Inventor files. But the Volo View
application supports.

-Thilak

"alain" wrote in message
news:BBF2EFAABD38B96E2661A98EA36FFAF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi all.
>
> I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing and
I'm
> experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview
control,
> it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is
displayed.
> Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill: "Support
> path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really know
> what to put in there.
>
> So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from
you!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Alain
>
>

Anonymous · ‎02-25-2002

(EDITED)!

Thanks for the answer.

"Thilak" wrote in message
news:1AD7AD5DB4B33EF050399D456EA3F604@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Alain,
>
> There is absolutely nothing wrong in what you are doing.
> Volo View control does not support Inventor files. But the Volo View
> application supports.
>
> -Thilak
>
>
>
>
> "alain" wrote in message
> news:BBF2EFAABD38B96E2661A98EA36FFAF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing and
> I'm
> > experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview
> control,
> > it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is
> displayed.
> > Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill:
"Support
> > path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really
know
> > what to put in there.
> >
> > So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from
> you!
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Alain
> >
> >
>
>

Anonymous · ‎02-25-2002

Alain,

I think the problem is the Inventor Drawing, because it is a hybrid/metafile
file with both Inventor Drawing data and an "embedded" DWF file. To get
VoloView to read the DWF part of the file it has to be extracted in some way
or directed to read from a specific point of the file (reverse engineering
or with the help from AutoDesk), this will take some time to find out how
the DWF is stored and even compressed in a idw file.

-Patrick

"alain" wrote in message
news:BBF2EFAABD38B96E2661A98EA36FFAF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi all.
>
> I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing and
I'm
> experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview
control,
> it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is
displayed.
> Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill: "Support
> path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really know
> what to put in there.
>
> So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from
you!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Alain
>
>

Anonymous · ‎02-25-2002

I would venture that the answer might lie in the C++ source code which is
installed with Inventor. Look at the sample files under C++ / Viewer.

Patrick de Stobbeleir wrote:

> Alain,
>
> I think the problem is the Inventor Drawing, because it is a hybrid/metafile
> file with both Inventor Drawing data and an "embedded" DWF file. To get
> VoloView to read the DWF part of the file it has to be extracted in some way
> or directed to read from a specific point of the file (reverse engineering
> or with the help from AutoDesk), this will take some time to find out how
> the DWF is stored and even compressed in a idw file.
>
> -Patrick
>
> "alain" wrote in message
> news:BBF2EFAABD38B96E2661A98EA36FFAF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing and
> I'm
> > experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview
> control,
> > it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is
> displayed.
> > Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill: "Support
> > path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really know
> > what to put in there.
> >
> > So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from
> you!
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Alain
> >
> >

Anonymous · ‎02-26-2002

Thanks but I don't want to view DWF files, but IPTs, IAMs and IDWs.
Pretty much in the way Voloview itself can do it.

Thanks anyway!

"Charles Bliss" wrote in message
news:3C7B25CF.3615D711@cbliss.com...
> I would venture that the answer might lie in the C++ source code which is
> installed with Inventor. Look at the sample files under C++ / Viewer.
>
> Patrick de Stobbeleir wrote:
>
> > Alain,
> >
> > I think the problem is the Inventor Drawing, because it is a
hybrid/metafile
> > file with both Inventor Drawing data and an "embedded" DWF file. To get
> > VoloView to read the DWF part of the file it has to be extracted in some
way
> > or directed to read from a specific point of the file (reverse
engineering
> > or with the help from AutoDesk), this will take some time to find out
how
> > the DWF is stored and even compressed in a idw file.
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
> > "alain" wrote in message
> > news:BBF2EFAABD38B96E2661A98EA36FFAF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Hi all.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing
and
> > I'm
> > > experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview
> > control,
> > > it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is
> > displayed.
> > > Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill:
"Support
> > > path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really
know
> > > what to put in there.
> > >
> > > So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from
> > you!
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Alain
> > >
> > >
>

Anonymous · ‎02-26-2002

The viewer in the C++ Samples does IDW using the DWF segment.

alain wrote:

> Thanks but I don't want to view DWF files, but IPTs, IAMs and IDWs.
> Pretty much in the way Voloview itself can do it.
>
> Thanks anyway!
>
> "Charles Bliss" wrote in message
> news:3C7B25CF.3615D711@cbliss.com...
> > I would venture that the answer might lie in the C++ source code which is
> > installed with Inventor. Look at the sample files under C++ / Viewer.
> >
> > Patrick de Stobbeleir wrote:
> >
> > > Alain,
> > >
> > > I think the problem is the Inventor Drawing, because it is a
> hybrid/metafile
> > > file with both Inventor Drawing data and an "embedded" DWF file. To get
> > > VoloView to read the DWF part of the file it has to be extracted in some
> way
> > > or directed to read from a specific point of the file (reverse
> engineering
> > > or with the help from AutoDesk), this will take some time to find out
> how
> > > the DWF is stored and even compressed in a idw file.
> > >
> > > -Patrick
> > >
> > > "alain" wrote in message
> > > news:BBF2EFAABD38B96E2661A98EA36FFAF9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Hi all.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to use the Voloview control in a VB application I'm doing
> and
> > > I'm
> > > > experiencing some troubles: If I assign a DWG file to the voloview
> > > control,
> > > > it displays it without pb. But if I assign IV files, nothing is
> > > displayed.
> > > > Now I noticed there are two empty settings I might have to fill:
> "Support
> > > > path" and "Font path". these are empty for now since I don't really
> know
> > > > what to put in there.
> > > >
> > > > So if one of you knows what I'm doing wrong, I'll be glad to hear from
> > > you!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Alain
> > > >
> > > >
> >