Reference Materials
SDC publishes a reference manual for each of
the three platforms:
- SilverEngine Development Reference
- SilverPlus Development Reference
- SilverC Programming Reference
The functionality that is common to the three
platforms is described in the API reference manual:
- SilverScreen API Reference
The SilverScreen reference manual contains a
comprehensive guide to the SilverScreen Solid Modeler:
- SilverScreen Reference Manual
To assist the developer in learning and understanding
SilverScreen, a tutorial textbook is available:
- Getting Started with SilverScreen
The developer reference manuals are available
both on-line and in printed form. These manuals includes material
for SilverEngine, SilverPlus, SilverC, and the SilverScreen API.
The SilverScreen Reference Manual
and Getting Started with SilverScreen
are only available in printed format.
Reference Materials On-line
The development reference materials can be viewed
(and printed) below. Some of the manuals are quite large. If you
do not have a high speed connection, it may be better to download
the zip file and view the manuals off-line. (See next section.)
The above files are continually updated so as
to correspond to the latest version of our software.
Reference Materials Off-line
Should you decide to view the manuals off-line,
here is a suggestion as to how this may be done:
- Create a directory;
- Download the zip file (silver.zip) into this directory;
- Unzip the files from silver.zip
into this directory;
- With your browser, open the file silver.htm.
QuickStart with SilverScreen
The QuickSilver manual gives a short introduction to the basics of the SilverScreen
Solid Modeler. The QuickTutor
manual will take you step-by-step through a design. These
manuals are stored in an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format
(PDF) files. To open, view, and print these files, Adobe Acrobat
Reader must first be installed on your computer.
ToolKit
Developers may purchase a 30-day trial toolkit
to explore SilverScreen application development. The toolkit CD
contains the Professional Version of the SilverScreen Solid Modeler
(in both Debug and Release versions) and SilverEngine (also in Debug
and Release). The CD also contains sample applications for SilverEngine,
SilverPlus and SilverC.
Six reference manuals accompany the CD:
| Title |
Pages
|
| SilverScreen
API Reference |
260
|
| SilverEngine Development
Reference |
30
|
| SilverPlus Development Reference |
30
|
| SilverC Programming Reference |
100
|
| SilverScreen
Reference Manual |
900
|
| Getting
Started with SilverScreen |
130
|
The price of the toolkit and manuals is $95.
The toolkit uses 30-day software locking. At the end of the 30 day
period, the developer may elect to purchase SilverScreen or to enter
into a licensing agreement with SDC.
To order the toolkit, contact SDC, either by
phone, fax, or e-mail.
ToolKit Download
Version 9.06.12 of the SilverScreen ToolKit may
be downloaded below. The download file is approximately 25MB.
Download
SilverScreen ToolKit
