User Guide

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User Guide
Saving Environments
One of the most important menu commands is the File > Save (Ctrl+S) menu command, which saves the current
environment. The File > Save As (Shift+Ctrl+S) menu command will open another File dialog box in which you can
give the current fi le a different name and/or location to be saved.
The name given to the environment in the fi le dialog box will be displayed in the title bar of each of the views.
The Preferences dialog box (Ctrl+K) includes an option to Save Files in Compressed Format. If this option is enabled,
then the fi les will be compressed before saving. This can greatly reduce the fi le size – the example fi le reduces from
743 kb to 115 kb with the Compressed Format option enabled.
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Compressed Atmosphere fi les will have the same AER fi le extension as uncompressed fi les. The Atmosphere Player
knows whether the fi le is compressed or uncompressed by data stored in it’s header.
Closing Environments
The File > Close (Ctrl+W) menu command will close the currently open document. If the fi le has not been saved
since the last change to it, a dialog box will ask if you wish to save your changes. The Close menu command will not
exit the application. You can also close the fi le by clicking the red X close buttons at the top of all currently open view
windows. However, you will then have to reestablish your preferred Views setup after opening the next Atmosphere
document.
Importing Files
The File > Import menu includes several different options – Models, Scripts, and Viewpoint Objects. Each of these
options will import a different fi le format.
In the fi le dialog box, you can select multiple fi les to be imported by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking
individually on the fi les to select or by holding down the Shift key and selecting the fi rst and last items in a range of
fi les. All selected fi les will be imported at one time.
Importing Models
When the File > Import > Models menu command is selected, you can import an existing Atmosphere project fi le
into the current scene. This menu command is only available when a wireframe view is selected. These fi les must have
the ATMO fi le extension. Imported models will appear in the scene in the same location as that to which they were
saved. Imported models will be listed in the Scene Hierarchy as <Model>.
You may wish to save objects you create in Atmosphere to a Models or other directory so that they can be imported
and reused as needed.