Dell M 90 & Quadro Fx3500 verdict..

[Al Navas]

...Hoops 3D - "...The HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3dAF) and the Parasolid Kernel Modeler... These tightly integrated API’s enable ....a team to quickly create advanced 3D solutions ..."

...LightWorks - "An object-oriented API, with an incremental scene description mechanism...Hybrid use of scan-line and ray-trace algorithms and techniques such as analytical anti-aliasing and Interactive Image Regeneration (IIR) make LightWorks the fastest photorealistic-rendering engine available...."
http://www.lightwork.com/

In other words, the best appropriate API's out there make eCabinet Systems a true state-of-the art software program.

If only the PC hardware manufacturers would catch up.

Thanks, Michael! I needed this type of background to understand the stuff under the hood a little better.


Al

[Al Navas]

Here is a test
I would like to see how long it takes other people to down load
and then take the main bricks to the edit assembly room.
It took me a min.1 1/2 to open it
It took me 19 1/2 min's to take just the main bricks to the edit assembly room...

George,

I tried several times, with and without other apps running.

My times to open the file from within eCabs: 29.8 seconds with nothing else running, to 35.7 seconds with two versions of the browser running. (Dell M90 laptop, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M with 512 MB dedicated memory...). I am taking a memory hit by running a second 17-inch wide-format display. So, I will have to try this without extending the Windows real estate to the second display.

NOTE: Once open, I was not able to do anything with the job. I gave up trying, as the program was still running but refreshing the screen by itself. I was busy with other stuff, so I just shut down, to stay busy and not be waiting on your job .

Al