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Exporti ng JSR-184 Files 571
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Preview your exported JSR-184 scene in the
JSR-184 Standalone Player (page 3–576) .
Inter face
The 3ds Max scene hierarchy is shown on the left of
the dialog, and the hierarchy of the JSR-184 scene
to be exported is displayed on the right. Object
parameters for the JSR–184 scene are displayed
on the far right-hand side of the JSR-184 Ex port
dialog.Theexportedm3gfilecontainsallofthe
objects and parameters included in the JSR-184
scene. Many of the parameters for the objects
in the JSR-184 scene can be modified prior to
exporting the file. See
JSR-184 Object Parameters
(page 3–572)
for more details.
Menu options:
New JSR-184 Scene—Creates an empty
JSR-184 scene
Add 3 ds M ax S cene—Adds all o bjects that
canbeconvertedtotheJSR-184formattothe
JSR-184 scene.
Add World Object—Adds a World Object to
the JSR-184 scene file. A World Object contains
sub-object hierarchies and has two special
sub-objects: Active Camera and Background.
Add Gr oup—Adds an empty Group. Use this
option to group objects in your scene without the
need to create a World Object.
Conver t M esh to S pr ite3 D—Conver ts a
selected 3ds Max plane object into a JSR-184
Sprite3Dobject.Ifyoudonotselectthisoption,by
default all plane objects are converted to JSR-184
mesh objects.
Texture Tool—All the textures of objects in
your 3ds Max scene are placed in the Material Table
levelofJSR184imagefile.Usethe
JSR-184 Texture
Tool (page 3–572)
to edit texture properties.
Remove Object—Removes the selected
object from the JSR-184 scene.
Exp ort Set tin gs :
Authori ng M essa ge—This message is required
by the JSR-184 file format standard and is
usually reserved for entering copyright n otice
information. This message is stored in the header
portion of the M 3G file.
Proj ect Root —Sets the location of the root of the
project. If you do not enter a path in this field, all
external references within the M3G file are loaded
fromthesamelocationasthecurrentfile.
Show Hidden Objects—Shows all the hidden objects
in the 3ds Max scene hierarchy.
Compress M3G File—Compresses all the data in the
exported M3G file.