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Compress

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Compress

Compress command deletes previously removed points and triangles from a surface model. It can also delete excluded triangles from the model. Thus, the tool is used to minimize the amount of memory for storing the surface model.

To compress a surface model:

1. Select Compress command from the Edit pulldown menu.

This opens the Compress Surface Model dialog:

compress_surface_model

2. Select a Surface to compress.

3. Define what triangles are removed: Deleted triangles only or Deleted or excluded triangles.

4. Click OK.

This starts the compression process. When the process is finished, a information dialog appears that informs about the file size after the compression.

The process is applied to the surface model in the RAM. Therefore, it is still possible to restore the uncompressed model from the file on the hard disk using the File / Restore from file command in the Surface window. To save the compressed model, use one of the options from File / Save surface.

TerraModeler User Guide   01.01.2024   © 2024 Terrasolid Ltd