You can define how Amapi 3D will handle in and out communications with other applications.
¨ You can, of course, select the desired file format from the list of choices. Amapi 3D automatically adds the correct file extension to the file name.
¨ Toggle axes: Not all 3D software packages use the same orientation for X, Y, and Z. This option allows you to modify the spatial orientation of imported or exported objects. If you notice that the models you import from or export to another application do not have the correct spatial orientation, use this feature to put things back into place.
¨ Coordinate transformation: These values represent the scale (increase or decrease) applied to scenes when reading/writing files in the specified file format. This ensures the consistency of dimensions between Amapi 3D and other software applications.
¨ Extension: Specifies the default suffix added to exported files.
¨ I/O clean objects: You may want to delete coplanar facets when reading large or complex files. This option will merge all coplanar faces in imported files. This is particularly useful when reading file formats that triangulate facets.
¨ Smoothing/smoothing angle (I/O smooth objects): You can specify if exported objects should be automatically smoothed and with what smoothing value. This helps when transferring models to/from rendering packages.