Apx B Export Plug Ins

B Appendix B Export Plug-ins Export plug-ins are accessed via the Export option in the File menu. Table of Contents Introduction B-2 3D Movie B-2 3DMF Text B-2 DXF File B-3 Picture B-4 VRML 1.0 Format B-5 B-1 return to main table of contents B ◆ Introduction Open the Þle menu and select Export. A submenu lists the installed Export plug-ins: Select the plug-in to use from the list. ◆ 3D Movie The 3D Movie plug-in saves the current scene as a 3DMF QuickTime movie with a 5 second, 360° rotation. It makes use of the fact that QuickTime 2.5 has a QuickDraw 3D track and a QuickDraw 3D animation track, and will only work if QuickTime 2.5 or later is installed. 1. Select 3D Movie from the Export submenu in the File menu. 2. A standard Save dialog displays. Enter a name and select a location to save the 3D Movie Þle and click Save. 3. Open the movie Þle in Movie Player and play the movie. The scene will rotate by 360° over 5 seconds. ◆ 3DMF Text The 3DMF Text plug-in produces a 3DMF text Þle format of the 3D scene. This could be used to help solve data problems. 1. Select 3DMF Text from the Export submenu. B-2 2. A standard Save dialog displays. Enter a name and select a location to save the text Þle and click Save. 3. A description of the 3DMF scene in your document is saved in text format: ◆ DXF File Use the DXF File plug-in to save a 3D World document in DXF format. DXF (Data Exchange Format) is a standard 3D Þle format used by many CAD and 3D applications. Note: The DXF File plug-in will only load if you are running QuickDraw 3D 1.5 or later. 1. Select DXF File from the Export submenu in the File menu. 2. A standard Save dialog displays. Enter a name and select a location to save the text Þle and click Save. 3. The 3D World document will be saved in DXF format. B-3 ◆ Picture The Picture plug-in provides several format options for saving your document view. 1. Select Picture from the Export submenu. The Save Picture Options dialog displays: 2. Select PICT, TIFF or JPEG from the Image Type popup menu. 3. Select a suitable quality from the Compression popup menu. The options available will depend on the Image Type selected. 4. Choose the desired pixel depth from the Pixel popup menu. 5. Enter a value in dots per inch to specify the resolution at which the picture is to be saved. 6. Select Dots, Millimeters or Inches from the units popup menus (constraining the pro- portions of the image by che…