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Shows you how to open, save, import and export files.
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Use File > New to clear all your work and start a new file.
Use File > Open to retrieve previously saved files, including wireframe models and foreign data formats.
Import data into the current file
Use File > Import > File to import data into your scene from a file.
Use File > Save and Save as to save the information in the current file to disk or a network location.
Checkpoints let you save your work at multiple stages in the same file. You can use the stored checkpoints to revert to earlier versions of a design.
Use File > Export > Active as to save the picked objects in a file.
Use File > Export > Canvas Image/Mask Layer or File > Export > Make Canvas Picture to save an image layer or sketch image plane as a TIFF or BMP file.
Export images of the screen or windows
Use File > Export > Screen or File > Export > Current Window to save a screen or window as a pix file.
Use the StudioTools file browser
On UNIX systems, use the StudioTools file lister to open, save, and manipulate files. On Windows, you can choose between the standard file dialog boxes and the StudioTools file browser.
To keep your different work projects separate, you can organize them into StudioTools projects. For each new project, StudioTools creates a separate directory, where it stores all the files for that project.
If Studio stops unexpectedly, it attempts to save the current data to a special file named m_saved.wire. When you restart Studio you can open this file to retrieve any lost changes.
Image planes act as visual references while building a model or as a means of compositing background or foreground images during rendering.
Matching Perspective views to image planes
This feature is not available in SurfaceStudio.