Steps for Packaging

Find it: File > Package

Steps

  1. After you've saved the current file, select File > Package. The Choose Package Directory dialog appears. Specify a package directory. If it does not exist, it is created and the current file is added as a root document within that directory.

    Note: Cosmo Package works only on saved files. Be sure to save any changes in Cosmo Create or Cosmo Worlds before packaging or restarting a package.

  2. Choose Roots > Add and select the root to add if it isn't already there. Each root filename is expanded to a full URL beginning with file:/. The discovery stage starts with the root file (or files). To delete a root, select it and press Remove.

  3. Set VRML preferences using the Vrml 2.0 tab.

  4. Specify default index filenames, if any.

  5. Specify custom mappings, if any.

  6. Specify trusted references.

  7. Click the Discover button to start the discovery stage. CosmoPackage finds all the local files referenced by the root file, as well as the local files referenced by those files. All local files referenced by URLs become part of the package for this document or scene. For VRML files, discovery includes such elements as inlines, textures, images, and sounds. For HTML files, it includes such elements as background images, embedded plug-in source code, and anchors. The discovered files scroll in the box at the bottom of the CosmoPackage window. The moving slider indicates the progress of the discovery stage. Note that the slider may move backwards during discovery as the packager finds new files that need to be added. Trusted references are ignored during discovery.

  8. At any time, use the Inspector to view additional information about the documents being packaged.

  9. Click the Package button to start the packaging stage.

    This step creates the stage/ subdirectory in the package directory, as well as an internal database used to store your packaging preferences. The packaged files scroll in the box at the bottom of the CosmoPackage window.

  10. Click the Preview button to view the packaged document or scene. If your package has more than one root, you are prompted to choose a root. This action brings up your preferred browser on the packaged version of the specified root. Or, choose Preview Using to specify a different browser to use for previewing the document. (Browsers are configured using the File > Preview Using option in Cosmo Create.)

  11. Be sure to save the completed package so that it's written to disk. As with any document, when you save, you're overwriting the previous saved copy of the package.

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