Autodesk LIGHTSCAPE, Manual

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Lightscape
Modifying Loading Options
Use the configuration settings to control how the
layers, radiosity mesh, and textures are loaded into
LSViewer. You must modify these settings (if needed)
prior to loading your file.
To modify loading options:
1. Choose Settings | Config Load and select an op-
tion from the menu to toggle it on or off.
2.
To modify the size of textures, choose
Settings | Config Load | Texture Size and select an op-
tion from the menu.
A check mark appears next to the selected options.
Only Active Layers
Use this option to load only the layers that are active
in the Lightscape Solution file.
Meshing
Use this option to load the meshing details associated
with the model.
Texture Size
Use these options to specify the size of the texture
images when loading textures with the model. You
can limit texture size to improve display speed.
Loading Files
You can load any Lightscape Solution (.ls) file into the
LSViewer application for viewing.
To load a Solution file:
1.
Choose File | Open or click the Open
button on the toolbar.
The Open dialog appears.
2.
Navigate to the appropriate directory, select a So-
lution file, and then click Open.
The selected file is displayed in the LSViewer window.
Performance Statistics
As a model is loading, the load time is displayed in the
status bar. Once the load is complete, performance
statistics on the frames per second (FPS) rate,
number of polygons, and the number of polygons
loaded per second are displayed in the status bar.
Controlling the Model Display
You can use the shading options in the Display menu
to alter how the model appears in the window. A
check mark appears next to the selected option.
Wireframe
Use this option to display only the edges of surfaces as
white lines.
Select: To:
Unlimited Load textures at their natural size.
32 x 32 Scale the textures to 32 x 32 pixels.
64 x 64 Scale the textures to 64 x 64 pixels.
128 x 128 Scale the textures to 128 x 128 pixels.
256 x 256 Scale the textures to 256 x 256 pixels.
Status bar
Toolbar
Menu bar
LSViewer
window