This option is used to load object and scene files into your current Ez3d project. The default load location is the project scene folder, but you may use the file selector to choose another location.
Select a location and file using the file selector. You can also drag a file icon from your desktop and drop it into the main viewer. The system will automatically translate it (if the format is supported), and load the contents in!
While loading, if the file contains one or more objects, all the objects are added to the current scene. If the file contains a scene, all objects and lights in the file are added to the current scene.
Options
You can set some options for importing files.
Format:
The interface displays a list of supported formats. The following formats are supported directly:
EZ3D-INVENTOR: This is the native Ez3d format, and maintains Ez3d-specific information that may otherwise be lost when converting to other formats.
OPEN-INVENTOR (.iv):is the standard Open Inventor 2.1 format.
VRML (.wrl): VRML format is rapidly becoming the standard for 3D data viewing and interchange on the Internet and beyond. There are vast repositories of free 3D clip art in VRML format, that you can directly import in Ez3d, by just typing in the URL in "File - Import".
3DSTUDIO (.3ds): Autodesk 3D Studio format
AUTODESK (.dxf): AutoCAD DXF format
You do not have to choose a format before loading a file. Ez3d will automatically read in a file that is in any of the supported formats. If the file has been compressed (using "gzip", and has a ".gz" filename extension), the system will automatically uncompress before loading.
Format Info
You can get information (if available) on a particular format by clicking on the name in the list and choosing "Format Info".
Non-Ez3d Files
The file you are loading could be in the "OPEN-INVENTOR" format, or in an external format (such as "AUTODESK"). If it is an external format, Ez3d first converts it to "OPEN-INVENTOR". Now you have a choice of converting the objects in the file into "EZ3D-INVENTOR" object, or leaving them as-is.
If you have the toggle set to "Convert to Ez3d", Ez3d will do the best job to convert them. You will now be able to use the modeling tools on these objects, as well as set materials and textures. However, some object geometries and material properties may change. Also note that some Ez3d will "leave as-is", some "OPEN-INVENTOR.iv" primitives such as lines and points . In these cases, Ez3d will either ignore the primitives, or leave them "as-is", as with the objects described below.
If you set the toggle to "Leave As-is", you will not be able to do any further modeling on the loaded objects. But you will be able to set colors, materials and textures (if the object does not already have these attributes set), as well as move and resize them in the scene.
Resize to Fit World:
Sometimes the loaded object may be too big or may be positioned too far to fit into the Ez3d world (whose extents are defined by the grid). If the "Resize to Fit World" option is on, Ez3d will automatically resize and reposition these objects.
