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IRIX      | WINDOWS NT

The information in this article applies to:

• Softimage 3D for Windows NT, versions 3.0 and 3.01
• Softimage 3D for IRIX, versions 2.66 and 3.0
• Softimage 3D Extreme for IRIX, version 3.0
• mental ray added on to Softimage 3D for IRIX, version 3.0
• mental ray included with Softimage 3D Extreme for IRIX, version 3.0
• Particle added on to Softimage 3D for IRIX, version 3.0
• Particle included with Softimage 3D Extreme for IRIX, version 3.0

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) is categorized using keywords. This article lists the subcategory keywords specific to articles in the Softimage 3D for Windows collection, the Softimage 3D for IRIX collection, the Softimage 3D Extreme for IRIX collection, and includes mental ray renderer and Particle added on to or included with Softimage 3D.

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Each KB article in the Softimage collection contains at least one product- specific subcategory keyword (called a KBSubcategory keyword) that places the article in the appropriate Softimage category. The KBSubcategory keyword for Softimage 3D is si3d. If you want to browse all articles in the Softimage collection that apply to Softimage 3D, use the query si3d.

Each KBSubcategory keyword that applies to a sub-topic for a Softimage product is composed of the concatenation of a Softimage software name keyword (such as si3d for Softimage 3D) and a sub-topic keyword (such as si3dcam for Softimage 3D camera). If you want to browse all Softimage 3D articles dealing with camera functions only, it is possible to do so by using the query si3dcam.

NOTE: All articles in the Softimage collection contain the keyword si to situate them in the Softimage collection. It is possible to find all the articles in the Softimage collection (including Softimage 3D, Softimage Eddie, Softimage Toonz, and so on) simply by using the si keyword to query the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

You can use the asterisk (*) wildcard to find articles that fall into a sub- topic of the collection being searched. For example, to find all articles that apply to Softimage 3D, use the query si3d*.

Here are the sub-topics and the corresponding KBSubcategory keywords for Softimage 3D:

Actor                     si3dact
Camera                    si3dcam
Channels                  si3dchnl
Constraints               si3dconst
Database                  si3ddb
Developer Kit             si3ddkit
Games                     si3dgam
General Issues            si3dgen
Hardware                  si3dhard
Installation              si3dinst
Licensing                 si3dlic
Lights                    si3dlits
Matter                    si3dmat
Model                     si3dmo
Motion                    si3dmot
Rendering                 si3dren
Saaphire                  si3dsaa
Setup                     si3dsetup
Stand-alones              si3ds-a
Tools                     si3dtools
User Interface            si3dui
Video                     si3dvid
mental ray Renderer       si3dmr
Particle                  si3dpart