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<a name = "hj-top"> </a><table class = "table1" id = "table11"><tr><td><table class = "DocHeader"><tr><td class = "DocHeader1" colspan = "2"><h1>Hardware Support</h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1Only"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract"><span class = "shortdesc">The Hardware Support page lets you modify graphics card settings.</span>
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<div class = "notes collapse"><span class = "run-in.notes">Notes:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent"><ul class = "ul"><li class = "li">You must restart the application for changes to hardware settings to take effect.</li><li class = "li">Not all graphics cards support all hardware-related settings.</li><li class = "li">
For additional hardware settings, see 
<a class = "xref" href = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-AdvancedSettings.htm#cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-AdvancedSettings" title = "The Advanced Settings page lets you control advanced features and resolve issues.">Advanced Settings</a>.
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<div class = "body conbody"><table class = "table frame-none"><caption/><colgroup><col/><col/></colgroup><thead class = "thead"><tr class = "row"><th class = "entry" id = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1">Option</th><th class = "entry" id = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Description
</th></tr></thead><tbody class = "tbody"><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable 3D OpenGL hardware acceleration</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Enables graphics card acceleration. Clear this option if you experience serious graphics rendering problems. 
<div class = "notes collapse"><span class = "run-in.notes">Notes:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent"><ul class = "ul"><li class = "li">Disabling this option might significantly degrade  graphics performance.</li><li class = "li">If you experience graphical display issues, press 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">R</span> while in the viewport to reset the OpenGL engine.</li></ul></span></div>
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<span class = "ph uicontrol">Advanced</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Uses OpenGL frame buffer object (FBO) and other extensions to provide off-screen rendering. Enabling this setting:
<ul class = "ul"><li class = "li">Is required for some capabilities such as cutting plane per-actor color capping, style preview-image generation, and high-quality rendering effects such as ambient occlusion.</li><li class = "li">Improves Technical Illustration workshop results when using color regions and shadows.</li><li class = "li">Improves Simplification - Occlusion results.</li><li class = "li">Might avoid screen refresh problems associated with other rendering techniques, such as p-buffers and auxiliary buffers.</li><li class = "li">Might reduce bitmap output problems, such as gray or black images.</li></ul><div class = "note collapse"><span class = "run-in.note">Note:
    		</span><span class = "notecontent"> This option is the same as 

<span class = "ph uicontrol">HardwareSupport.Advanced</span> on the
<span class = "keyword wintitle">Advanced Settings</span>
page.</span></div>
</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Standard</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Disables FBO and other advanced extensions. You can selectively enable or disable rendering techniques, such as use of p-buffers and auxiliary buffers.
</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable p-buffer</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Enables off-screen rendering with OpenGL using pixel buffers. Select this option to resolve problems with screen captures, printing, saved images, and other graphics operations. Rendering might also be hardware accelerated.</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Static p-buffer</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">(Available when 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable p-buffer</span> is selected.) Uses static pixel buffers.
</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable direct swapping to refresh</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Enables direct swapping to refresh. Clear this option if you have screen display problems such as highlighting problems.</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable aux. buffers</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Enables auxiliary buffers. Clear this option if the previous options do not solve your graphics problems.</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable OpenGL display lists</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">Enables OpenGL display lists. A display list is a series of graphics commands that define an output image. Clear this option if you have problems such as invisible text.</td></tr><tr class = "row"><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__1"><span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable text reset</span></td><td class = "entry" headers = "cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport__entry__2">(Available when 
<span class = "ph uicontrol">Enable OpenGL display lists</span> is selected.) Resets text display. Select this option if you have problems displaying text.</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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