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Atmosphere Builder Basics
About Atmosphere Builder
The Atmosphere Builder application provides tools for building virtual three-dimensional
worlds and publishing them on the Web. Users can explore published worlds on the Web
using the Atmosphere Browser. The experience of exploring a world is much like a video
game, except that Atmosphere Builder worlds can be linked together and explored over the
Internet at realistic speeds, with high resolution, realistic lighting effects, and in full color.
Users that are exploring the same world can see representations of each other called
worlds and publishing them on the Web. Users can explore published worlds on the Web
using the Atmosphere Browser. The experience of exploring a world is much like a video
game, except that Atmosphere Builder worlds can be linked together and explored over the
Internet at realistic speeds, with high resolution, realistic lighting effects, and in full color.
Users that are exploring the same world can see representations of each other called
avatars
, and converse with one another by typing messages in a chat window.
Creating and opening worlds
When you start Atmosphere Builder for the first time, you will see a variety of palettes and
a menu bar. The menus at the top of your screen provide access to commands, and the
palettes contain tools and options for building a 3D world. When you create a new world
or open an existing world, a document window appears on your screen. You can have only
one document window open at a time.
a menu bar. The menus at the top of your screen provide access to commands, and the
palettes contain tools and options for building a 3D world. When you create a new world
or open an existing world, a document window appears on your screen. You can have only
one document window open at a time.
To create a new world:
Choose File > New.
To open a world:
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Choose File > Open.
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Select the name of the file you want to open, and click Open.
Note:
You can only open Atmosphere files using the Open command. For information on
importing Viewpoint files, see “Importing objects” on page 14.
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