I can't get the documentation to show up from within Hexagon (the only "help" function that works is "go to website") and since I was foolish enough to buy online all I have is the software itself...no seperate pdf.

The PDF is in the installer and is on your drive. You need to install Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com to view the manual in Hexagon without problems.

Sorry. Acrobat is still up, pdfs are reading fine. Trouble is, there is no pdf for Hexagon. Used to be. I read it once! But since I purchased, there is no longer any sign of the one I was reading. Nor is there anything in the installer, the demo installer, or the patch installer. I've tried installing all three, again, in hopes they might deposit a pdf somewhere, and I've searched all my drives. If there is a manual now, it is well hidden.

Sorry. Acrobat is still up, pdfs are reading fine. Trouble is, there is no pdf for Hexagon. Used to be. I read it once! But since I purchased, there is no longer any sign of the one I was reading. Nor is there anything in the installer, the demo installer, or the patch installer. I've tried installing all three, again, in hopes they might deposit a pdf somewhere, and I've searched all my drives. If there is a manual now, it is well hidden.

On my PC, the .pdf's are located in Program Files/Eovia/Hexagon/data/doc hope that helps markd

Inside the Hexagon application under the menu item HELP/DOCUMENTATION. This will open the PDF manual.

Nope. Searched both drives. For some reason, installer didn't put a manual down. I'll see how the demo was laid out; when I tried the demo on my underpowered laptop the "help" menu route worked fine. I'll check it's drives and see if I can discover the secret to the missing manual. Perhaps I can even copy it from there. Of course, having the installer create a folder with application and documentation side by side -- like most other software -- would be a nice thing.

That's really weird. Booted up the laptop in OS9, and this is the tree I observe; Applications/Hexagon.app/Contents/MacOS/data/doc/HexagonManualUS.pdf Looking at the drive where I installed the purchased version, the tree reads; Applications/Hexagon. No folder, nothing. If I might take a wild guess, it could be the naming convention of the folder makes OS-X think it is an application, and none of the file functions work correctly around it. Bolstering that theory is that I can't drag the application to the Dock, although I can copy or alias it. Again using OS9, I can view the application proper hiding several layers down the file structure. I'm gonna try some file tools and rename the folder. Maybe this will make things work nicer.

Uninstall the demo before you install the full version. Use Eovia's standard folder path for the install. Then patch.

There is a hidden file trick in Mac OSX (that I don't fully understand...) that has the files located in the applications 'package.' Go to the folder where you installed the program and control-click on the application itself. You will have a pop-up menu that has an 'open package' (or something like that) option. Choose it and you'll find the hidden files including the PDFs. Hope this helps! :D

Good one, Bluetone. Yep; that was the trick. I'm glad to see I was correct about the package being normally "invisible" to OS-X. Still not sure why the manual wouldn't open from within hexagon...but I have it on the desktop and can read it now, PLUS I'm now able to add Hexagon to the Dock beside the other 3d applications.

Glad I could help! How do you like Hex? I haven't taken the plunge into a NEW application yet. (Ugh!)

Ya see, this is one of the reasons I never buy downloadables. I like having a paper manual and real CD.. Did you try contacting eovia to see if they would sell you just a manual?

Just got word from Eovia this afternoon. They also suggested the control-click method. I really need to look hard at that manual because, aside from the edge tools, I can't get anything to work for me. Love those edge tools, tho. If they didn't screw up my UVmaps I'd be using them right now.