Maybe it should save both. if you try to save the meshfile. the backup suface file is overwritten evrytime you use the option.


file2.3dm and file2_mesh.3dm

Sometimes you need to learn the hardway to keep things simple ( I speak from experience). I have run out of ideas for this one.


Thanks for the feedback anyway.

Hi Mark,

> Maybe it should save both. if you try to save the meshfile. the
> backup suface file is overwritten evrytime you use the option.
>
>
> file2.3dm and file2_mesh.3dm


So you mean actually modify the file name that the user types into the file save box and stick _mesh at the end?

That kind of file name alteration might be kind of weird for the case where someone was mainly wanting to generate the mesh file...

The way that might be less weird overall could be to have a plug-in that would do this, it could be something like a "ExportMesh3DM" command that you could install and access from a plug-in menu in the future at some point when I've got a menu for such things set up. That would keep it more totally separated from the regular save mechanism.

- Michael

What mesh density would you save out in the 3dm file? NGons?

At the end of the day, this is solely a problem for Apple and their Ipad, not MoI. The Ipad need to be able to read polygon files, like OBJ.

Hi Steve, yeah surely sooner or later someone will make a viewer app for the iPad that can load some common polygon file types like OBJ.

Actually I guess the one that was mentioned in this previous thread here seems like it can do it now:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3827.1

- Michael