Fullscreen command [Modes menu]; Fullscreen button [Dialog Bar - Left]
The Fullscreen option in the the Display menu or the Fullscreen button in the Dialog Bar - Left switches to full-screen display. One reason to do this is to take advantage of full-screen, full-color stereoscopic viewing using shutter glasses - the software and hardware for some of these systems will only work in full-screen mode. See below and the Stereoscopic Display section in Reference for the requirements and procedures.
Mouse buttons have the same effect as when in the Identify Faces Cursor mode in a window.
Left button down is for identifying faces, as in the normal windowed mode. If the left mouse button is clicked when not on a crystal, a dialog offering Quit or escape from the Fullscreen mode, plus the control options as in the shortcut keys, will appear.
Right button down and moving the mouse down causes rotation exactly as in the normal windowed mode.
To exit from Fullscreen display, press the Escape key; or click with the mouse where there is no crystal.
-- KEYBOARD CONTROLS FOR FULLSCREEN MODE
With V7.3, the SHAPE shortcut keys have been revised and greatly expanded.
-- IF THE KEYBOARD IS NOT FULLY ACTIVE IN FULLSCREEN MODE
On different platforms (Windows, Macintosh, Linux) or different releases or versions of the same platform, some or all of the keys may be inactive in Fullscreen mode. Thus if some or all of the above keyboard controls do not work, click with the mouse where there is no crystal, and you will be presented with a dialog giving the options explicitly, as well as the option to Quit or exit fullscreen mode.
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--Windows Only
Full-screen, full-color stereoscopic viewing with shutter glasses and CRT Monitors. The following describes older technology for CRT monitors, not newer technology such as nVidia 3D Vision, which requires special shutter glasses and certain 120 Hz monitors. That technology is supported with the 3D Quad Stereo Drawing mode (and can work in a window, not only in Fullscreen mode) or with the Direct3D mode.
Stereo viewing works best when Perspective is selected.
Shutter glasses, with driver software for Windows operating systems, were available from some vendors. The most complete support is for nVidia cards, the stereo drivers for which are available for free online (www.nvidia.com). The requirements and general procedure for shutter-glasses viewing are as follows.
1) You must have a cathode-ray-tube (CRT) monitor. Flat-screen monitors will not work because the refreshing mechanism is different. Stereo only works in 3D Single Drawing mode, not 2D modes.
2) You must install the stereo software driver for your particular graphics card onto the computer. You may also need an up-to-date driver for the card itself. For nVidia cards, install the latest standard (non-stereo) driver for your card, and then the (separate) stereo driver, according to the instructions at www.nvidia.com. For other cards you will need a third-party stereo driver, which may be provided with the glasses. The driver must support OpenGL.
3) Install the glasses (or the wireless station), typically by inserting a "dongle" where the monitor cable plugs into the computer (graphics card).
4) Turn on the Full-Screen mode in SHAPE, then turn on the stereo mode, usually by using a "hot key". It may be best to turn stereo on after entering full-screen mode in SHAPE, and turn it off before exiting.
Flickering in stereo mode is caused by a monitor refresh rate that is too slow. This usually may be reset in the Windows Display control panel and/or in the stereo driver software. On switching into full-screen mode, SHAPE first tries the current screen size, bit-depth and refresh rate. If this fails, then it tries successively smaller screen sizes. If you get a message saying that the switch into full-screen mode has failed, you can try changing the bit-depth (for example from 32- or 24-bit to 16-bit) or the refresh rate in the Windows Display control panel or in the stereo driver software.
The Website www.stereo3d.com has some basic technical information about shutter-glasses stereo, but the information on specific hardware and vendors may be out of date because the technology and marketing are currently moving very rapidly.
Caution: use shutter glasses or other hardware and driver software at your own risk - stereo drivers may have a tendency to crash your system. SHAPE software is not responsible for any damage to your hardware or software through use of these devices.