User's Manual

Building Streams

 Models palette (.gen)

 Nodes (.nod)

 Output (.cou)

 Projects (.cpj)

Opening New Files

Streams can be loaded direc tly from the File menu.

E On the File menu, click Open Stream.

All other ﬁle types can be opened using the submenu items availab le on the File menu. For

example, to load a model, on the File menu click:

Models > Open Model or Load Models Palette

Opening Recently Used Files

For quick loading of recently used ﬁles, you can use the options at the bottom of the File menu.

Figure 5-43

Opening recently used options from the File menu

Select Recent Streams, Recent Projects, o r Recent States to e xpand a list of recently used ﬁles.

Mapping Data Streams

Using the map ping tool, you can connect a new data source to a preexisting stream. The mapping

tool will no t only set up the connection but it will also help you to specify how ﬁelds in the new

source will replace those in the existing stream. Inste ad of re-creating an entire data stream for a

new data sou r ce, you can simply connect to an existing stream.

The da ta mappin g tool allows you to join together tw o stream fragments and be sure that a ll

of the (essential) ﬁeld names match up pr operly. I n essence, mapping data resu lts simply in the

creation of a new Filter node, which matches up the appropriate ﬁelds by renaming them.

There are two equivalent ways to map data:

Select replacement node. This method starts with the node to be repl aced. First, you right-click the

node to replace; then, using the Data Mapping > Select Replacement Node option from the pop-up

menu, select the node with which to replace it.