Opening and Saving a Scene

on this page: opening | saving | crash handling

Opening a Scene

Choose File > Open and select a file in the file browser. You can open files created in the following formats: VRML 1.0, Inventor, VRML 2.0, any files created with Cosmo Worlds. If you install xlators_3d from the IRIXTM 6.n CD, you can also open files in these formats: Alias, DXF, Obj, SLA, Softimage.

Saving Changes

Choose File > Save or Save As

Note: The files that Cosmo Worlds saves are not always VRML 2.0 compliant. The nodes they contain are a superset of VRML 2.0 with enhanced authoring capabilities. Use File > Package to write out a fully compliant VRML 2.0 file.

Crash Handling

When Cosmo Worlds crashes, it saves two files in your current working directory: