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TheSummaryInfodialogincludesthefollowing
information:
Scene Totals—Number of objects in your scene
listed by ty p e.
Mesh Totals—Total number of vertices and faces
in the scene.
Memory Usage—Physical and v irtual memor y
used and available.
Rendering—Time spent rendering the last frame,
animation, and video post.
Description—Lets you enter notes about the scene.
Information t hat you add to the Comments field
on the File Properties dialog (page 3–500) will
appear in the Description field and vice-versa.
Summar y Info—Lists materials in the scene. The
information is sorted by category and includes
object name, assigned material name, t ype of
material, object vertex and face counts, and s o
on. Materials are listed at the bottom of the list.
Bitmapsusedbythematerialsarelistedwiththe
materials. Environmental and atmospheric maps
are listed separately. The Other Maps categor y lists
all other maps used in the scene, such as Displace
maps, and any maps assigned by third-party
plug-ins.
Video Post maps are not included.
ThebuttonsatthebottomoftheSummaryInfo
dialog have the following functions:
Save to File—Saves the contents of the dia log and
descriptive text to a .txt (text) file.
Plug-In Info—Displays a subdialog with
information about the plug-ins (page 3–995) used
in the scene. By default, the subdialog shows the
name and a brief description of each plug-in.
Show Details—Shows information about all of the
classes supported by each plug-in.
Show Used Only—Restricts the view to only those
plug-ins that have been used in the scene.
File Pr operti es
File m e nu > File Properties
File Properties allows you to enter information
aboutascenethatcanlaterbereadbyWindows
NT 4.0 or later and Windows 98 or later, using a
program such as Windows Explorer to view the
properties of the scene file.
This information can also be used to locate scene
files with the File Finder utility (page 3–510).
ThePropertiesdialogcomprisesthreetabs:
• The Summary panel displays predefined fields
that are commonly used.
• The Contents panel displa ys scene information
available after the scene had been saved.
• The Custom panel enables you to create new
fields that can also be used by the File Finder
utility.