Techniques to Speed Things Up in 3D Modeling

You can use a couple of techniques to speed thingsyou are probably already familiar with the Telnet-type
up in the 3D Modeling process: one to help controlcommands needed to create directories, set access
screen-update performance and the other to helprights, and so on.
reduce download time.Browsers may some day be smart enough not to
The embed statement is a technique for constrainingdisplay pointless messages. Until then, the
the size of the view port occupied by the browserinconvenience is minor; do not let it stop you from
on the Web page. By controlling the size of thecompressing your files. What the Exporter can and
browser, you can ensure, for example, that the usercan not export before you create a scene for
will not try to display the scene maximized on aexport to virtual reality, you should be aware that
17-inch monitor or otherwise on such a large scalenot everything you can model or animate in your 3D
that the computer cannot properly process theApplication is supported by the virtual reality standard.
number of pixels that must be rendered.There are elements of the scene that can be
The good news about file compression is that itexported to a virtual reality format file, as well as
works well, greatly reducing the size of the virtualsome notable elements that cannot be. If you are
reality (WRL) file. The bad news is that you probablynot sure whether something will or will not export,
have to use a UNIX command to do it. If your Webyou can always make a simple test scene, export it
site is on a UNIX Web server, as most of them are,and load it in your virtual reality browser.