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| genre | WEMPersistence |
| status | stable |
| author | Bart De Dobbelaer |
| package | MeVisLab/Standard |
| dll | MLWEMModules |
| definition | MLWEMModules.def |
| see also | WEMLoad, LocalWEMLoad |
| keywords | WEM, save, file, format |
The module WEMSave saves a WEM to different 3D mesh file formats.
The following 3D mesh file formats are currently supported by this module:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Object File Format (*.off *.geom) | This file format was developed in 1986 at Digital Equipment Corporation's Workstation Systems Engineering for the interchange and archiving of 3D objects. It is mostly known as GeomView Object File Format because of its use in the 3D mesh viewer with the same name. Useful links: |
| Wavefront (*.obj) | This file format is used by the WaveFront suite of commercial high-end animation packages. It was developed by Wavefront/Alias Technologies. The file format is also used in 3D photography. Useful link: |
| Polygon File Format (*.ply) | This format is also known as Stanford File Format and is widely known because of the Stanford Bunny which is a scan-converted 3D mesh of a bunny. Its shape is very good for testing triangle reduction and triangle decimation algorithms due to its specific geometry. Useful links: http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~burkardt/data/ply/ply.html |
| Standard Tessellation Language (*.stl) | STL (Standard Tessellation Language) is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems of Valencia, CA, USA. STL files describe only the surface geometry of a three dimensional object without any representation of color, texture or other common CAD model attributes. Useful link: |
| Winged Edge Mesh (*.wem) | This format was created to support the ever growing number of WEM features. It is the only format which can hold the very specific WEM parameters. The more advanced WEM related things cannot be stored by the other public formats. Its main goal is to keep the loading process as fast as possible, and it succeeds so by loading meshes at least two to four times faster. The size on disk is also considerably smaller. |
More information on the public file formats can be found at this link: http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pajdla/Doc/3D.formats.html
| Auto Apply: Bool | listenToFinishingNotifications: Bool |
| Auto Update: Bool | listenToRepaintNotifications: Bool |
| autoClear: Bool | listenToSelectionChangedNotifications: Bool |
| elapsedTime: Float | progress: Float |
| File Type: Enum | Save (apply): Trigger |
| Filename: String | save (save): Trigger |
| inWEMValid: Bool | Status: String |
| isProcessing: Bool |
If checked, all changes of parameters lead to a saving of the input WEM.
If checked, all changes of the input WEM lead to a saving of it.
If pressed, the input WEM is saved with the current parameter settings.
Defines the target file format.
Values:
| Title | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| By Extension | By Extension | The file type is chosen by the extension in the filename. |
| Object File Format (.off) | Object File Format (.off) | |
| Geomview File Format (.geom) | Geomview File Format (.geom) | |
| Wavefront (.obj) | Wavefront (.obj) | |
| ASCII Stanford Polygon File Format (.ply) | ASCII Stanford Polygon File Format (.ply) | |
| ASCII Standard Tessellation Language (.stl) | ASCII Standard Tessellation Language (.stl) | |
| Binary Standard Tessellation Language (.stl) | Binary Standard Tessellation Language (.stl) | |
| Winged Edge Mesh File Format (.wem) | Winged Edge Mesh File Format (.wem) | |
| ASCII Inventor File Format (.iv) | ASCII Inventor File Format (.iv) |
