File

The File menu hosts functionality for handling scenes and projects, as well as exiting the application.

• File>Project
  The Project menu contains options for creating, opening and saving processing projects for quickly switching between various scenes while maintaining the processing result.

  • File>Project>New
    Creates a new project.

  • File>Project>Open
    Shows an Open dialog from where a project (.sgproj file) is opened.

  • File>Project>Save
    Saves the currently active project or displays a Save dialog if the project has not been saved yet.

  • File>Project>Save as
    Shows a Save dialog where the location and name of the project needs to be entered prior to saving.

• File>Import
  Import either a specific scene (asset) or a preset/spl (setting) file.

  • File>Import>Scene
    Shows an Open dialog from where a scene file may be selected for import. Once imported the scene is shown in the viewport view. The scene file may be in .fbx, .obj, .stl or .ssf format.

  • File>Import>Preset
    Shows an Open dialog from where a preset (Simplygon processing settings) or an SPL (Simplygon Processing Language) file may be selected for import. Once imported a preset it is selectable from the presets dropdown in the Settings view.

• File>Export
  The export options enables export of either the current scene and LODs, or the currently selected settings preset as indicated in the presets dropdown.

  • File>Export>Scene
    Shows a Save dialog where the location and name of the saved scene needs to be entered. At the selected location a folder is created for the original scene as well as for each processed LOD.

  • File>Export>Preset
    Shows a Save dialog where the location and name of the saved preset (Simplygon processing settings file) needs to be entered. The preset can be exported to either .preset or .spl format.

    Note

    Select the .preset format if the exported settings shall be imported on another machine running the Simplygon UI. By exporting as .preset various settings meta data (set up in the Settings editor view) is preserved. The .preset format enables processing settings to be shared with other Simplygon UI clients either through explicit import or by upload to the Simplygon Grid Server via the Simplygon Grid Administration Utility, whereby Simplygon UI clients connecting to the server automatically downloads these presets on application start.

    Select the .spl format if the exported settings shall be used as bare input parameters for Simplygon processing in various scenarios, perhaps when performing batch processing where an .spl file may determine the processing settings for multiple input assets. An .spl file lacks UI or role oriented meta data as set up by the Settings editor view.

File>Exit
Closes the application after prompting if the currently opened scene shall be saved.