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Miscellaneous


File: The model you created can be stored in "asg" file format. The file format is designed for the Alice animation system. We do not support other file formats at this point (*). "Store bitmap" allows you to store a snapshot bitmap image.

(*) An asg file is actually a zipped xml file. If you change the file name extension from asg to zip, you can see the xml file. I appreciate if you could write a converter or import-plugin for popular 3D softwares.

Expert Mode allows you to perform "smooth cut" (see below) and enables "mesh" menu (see below).

High resolution mode creates a dense, high polygonal smooth surface after each modeling operation. If you have a high speed machine, pleae try this option. Note that the file size can be large in high-res mode. Your paintings will be lost if you change resolution.

Smooth Cut In the expert mode, the system shows a green line after a Cut operation. If you click, you can complete with the sharp cut operation. If you draw a short stroke, the system smoothly rounds the sharp intersection.

Mesh Menu "Wireframe"(smooth shading) switches between two different rendering styles. "Beautify" beautifies the mesh further to generate smoother surface. "Subdiv" subdivides the mesh to optain higher reolution mesh. "Unsubdiv" cancels the above subdivision operaion. Your paintings will be lost if you apply these mesh operations.



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