File Operations

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Working with Files

In this Section

• File Menu Summary 66
• Keeping Track of your Files 68
• Creating a New File 83
• Opening Files 84
• Saving Files 103
• Importing Files 122
• Importing Image Planes 123
• Importing Paint Textures 126

File Menu Summary

The File menu provides tools for opening and saving different types of files from within Alias.

File >	For information...
New	Creating a New File on page 83
Open	Opening Files on page 84 Summary of File Formats on page 86
Open stage set	(Stage sets let you manage complex models and scenes and use prefabricated backgrounds, stages, or scenes.) See To open stage sets on page 406
Save	Saving Files on page 103
Save as	Saving Files on page 103
Save stageset	To save stage sets on page 407
Import > File	Importing Files on page 122
Import > Cloud	Importing Point Cloud Data in NURBS Modeling in Alias
Import > Anim	Saving Out Animation Channels in Animating in Alias
Import > Paint textures	Importing Paint Textures on page 126
Import > Image Plane	Image planes add pix images to the background of your modeling window. See Importing Image Planes on page 123
Export	Exporting Files on page 127
Output > Print	Printing Alias Images on page 585
Output > Plot	Plotting Wireframe Models on page 587
Show > List	Keeping Track of your Files on page 68
Show > Errlog	Viewing the Alias Error Log on page 605
Show > Pix	Displaying Image Files on page 602
Show > File References	Lets you list the paths of shaders, textures, image planes and lets you change them. See Viewing File References on page 599
External apps	Running External Applications on page 608
Edit SDL	SDL Files in Rendering in Alias
Exit	Exiting from Your Alias Session on page 62