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Article #91Re: Problem with explorer and files
From: Robert Brown
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:31
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:31
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In article <1992Aug17.222132.14484@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, sands@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Greg Sands) writes: |> |> Can anyone suggest a way to |> i) preserve the exact viewpoint/direction/zoom etc of the Render module Version 1 Explorer provides no way to do this. A general solution won't be available in V2.0, either. It is a difficult problem, but we're addressing it for post-2.0 release. |> ii) allow more files to be created sequentially Your description sounds like a memory leak or just hanging on to too many images. You might try a larger arena, using the "-arenasize" argument to explorer or statement in your .explorerrc file. |> and/or |> iii) more efficiently create an animation sequence. Version 2 will help here. Meanwhile, perhaps using WriteLat to save images would help -- it generates unique file names each time another lattice arrives. --------------- Robert L. Brown Manager, IRIS Explorer Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.explorer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!odin!fido!lavalite.asd.sgi.com!rlb From: rlb@lavalite.asd.sgi.com (Robert Brown) Subject: Re: Problem with explorer and files Message-ID: <omvkt1c@fido.asd.sgi.com> Sender: news@fido.asd.sgi.com (Usenet News Admin) Organization: sgi References: <1992Aug17.222132.14484@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:31:05 GMT Lines: 26