3DS File Management
07-Sep-94 10:59:04
Sb: #122353-3DS File Management
Fm: David J. Marks 72172,1036
To: David McCutchen 72420,1554
>> Project/Images/File/Network management system for 3ds
I'd like to see you embed postage stamp preview images into 3DS and PRJ files.
Also consider some sort of "last-revised" data by object in a 3DS file (perhaps
you could implement this by a comparison between the file at start-up and the
same file at saving/exiting.) If revision data were embedded into a file by
entity, it would allow for file comparisons between "versions" and allow
merging between projects of only those items modified before or after a certain
date.
Another natural extension of revision data, would be report generation of
changes made in an edit session. (ie. "Revisions saved: 01Sep94 03:33,
Object01:scale,position Object03:morph,position etc….) This can help
automate what many of us do now by hand in a notebook for project tracking and
time management reports.
Re: program implementation, I also feel that it should be some combination of
IPAS routines and a Dos or Windows launcher/manager.
Good Luck!!!