- The published HTML page does not show the 2D illustration. Instead, there is a broken icon. What is wrong?
The system must have an SVG viewer to be able to show the 2D illustration. You can download a free SVG viewer from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/.
- Animations play slowly on my system. How can I speed them up?
To increase the animation playback speed, set XVL Player into Performance mode. To enable Performance mode, right-click in the viewer window, select Environment Setup and check Performance. You will need to refresh the view for this change to take effect.
- How can I adjust the SVG view?
The following tips may be useful:
Pan
Press and hold the Alt key and drag the SVG image.
Zoom
Press and hold the Ctrl key and click your left mouse button to zoom in the view. While holding the Ctrl key, you can drag your mouse to specify the zoom-in region. On the other hand, if you hold both Ctrl and Shift keys, you can zoom out the view.
- Is it possible to edit an output SVG file in other applications?
Yes, it's possible to edit your output SVG file in applications such as Adobe Illustrator. However, please note that since the SVG file is linked with other output HTML files, you may lose the cross-linking feature once you edit the SVG file.
- Is it possible to make index numbers larger?
Yes, inside the Settings dialog, please select the Illustration tab enable the "Leader lines" checkbox. Then, click on "Set details..." button and specify the font size.
- Can I use the disassembly animation defined in XVL Studio?
Yes. In order to use the Studio-defined animation, you can simply switch off checkboxes for "Regularize", "Set user IDs", "Set auto disassembly animation", and "Set process animation".
- What is "Regularize"?
A regularization process looks at the assembly structure and corrects the parent-child relationship of a group if the group is found in a wrong place. After being edited, an XVL file may be left with an invalid group structure. A valid group structure consists of the following indenture order: Assembly Groups, Part Groups, Body Groups and Shells. For example, a Shell can never be directly inside a Part Group. Rather, a Shell has to be always inside a Body Group. When the "Regularize" checkbox is turned on, XVL Web Master creates new groups to maintain the correct parent-child relationships.
- What is "Set user IDs"?
If you turn on the "Set user IDs" checkbox, XVL Web Master adds arbitrary group names (system IDs) to those groups that are missing names. This is required for correct cross-linking.
