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#Limiting Datastructures

    19-Feb-95 06:41:27
Sb: #Limiting Datastructures
Fm: David Gould 100424,2533
To: Bruce McGlasson 73160,1312
I did some tests to determine what memory gains could be made by adjusting the shaper and lofter settings in 3DS.SET. I came to these results: A) Standard Version 3DS.SET with default settings B) Slimmed 3DS.SET with: SPLINE-MAX = 1 SHAPE-MAX = 1 MOD-MAX = 1 PATH-MAX = 2 DEFORM-MAX = 2 C) Bloated 3DS.SET with: SPLINE-MAX = 9999 SHAPE-MAX = 9999 MOD-MAX = 500 PATH-MAX = 9999 DEFORM-MAX = 9999 There was only about 50byte difference between the slimmed version and the standard one, but there was a 4M difference between the bloated version and the slim version. So unless you are using the maximum settings you aren't going to get much of a memory reduction by changing these values. Jonas: In the docs, it states the minimum for both PATH-MAX and DEFORM-MAX to be 1, but 3DS won't run with this setting, instead they must be set to a minimum of 2. Just needs a document correction. David "Setting=infinity" Gould