Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2021

■ Nodes or scenegraph hierarchy data (only in the initial load segment) ■ Unknown includes, for example, streaming priorities, names, and block sizes. File Organization Graphic display of the size of the entire file and its initial load segment (ILS) portion. The ILS, in orange, consists of all the data that must be loaded before Shockwave will display the scene (scenegraph data, animations, shaders, and any textures or geometry with a streaming priority of zero). The rest of the file, in light blue, represents all of the streamable data with a non-zero streaming priority. This data will continue to load and fill out the detail of the scene as the download proceeds. Runtime Texture Information Approximate texture memory that will be required at run time to display the textures in the scene. Scenes requiring more than a few megabytes of texture memory will require accelerated graphics cards to display textures at their full resolution. Stereolithography (STL) Files Importing STL Files File menu > Import > StereoLitho (*.STL) An STL file saves object data in a format used for stereolithography. STL files have a filename extension of .stl. There is an ASCII STL format as well as a binary STL format. You can choose which to create when you export a 3ds Max scene. STL files are generally used for purposes of rapid prototyping. A variety of methods use the STL format to construct prototypes. For example, many STL machines use a liquid polymer and harden it in small slices, creating a solid plastic model. Other STL machines use metal powder to create a model in steel. Still other machines use a special wax. You can import and export STL files. See Exporting to STL on page 7279. 7276 | Chapter 23 Managing Scenes and Projects