WriteGeom

DESCRIPTION

This module writes out a geometry data structure to a file. The output can be either ASCII or binary Inventor format. The binary is much smaller, however the ASCII can be useful for debugging the output of a geometry producing module.

Special codes may be input using the % notation documented in strftime(3). The code %n will be replaced by an incremented integer on each new firing.

INPUTS

Port: Input
Type: Geometry
The geometry to be transcribed to disk.

WIDGETS

Port: Filename
Type: Text
The file into which the data will be written.

Port: Type
Type: Radio Box
Menu Item: ASCII
Menu Item: BINARY
ASCII or Binary

Port: Shared
Type: Radio Box
Menu Item: Explorer
Menu Item: Inventor
Output in Explorer shared geometry format (with cxSo style node and field names) or in Inventor geometry format (without cxSo). Using the former allows shared manipulation of the data when read back into Explorer; using the latter allows the data to be handled by other Inventor programs.

OUTPUTS

PROBLEMS

SEE ALSO

cxunshare ReadGeom Render
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