10- How to transfer a few cabinet, pattern and/or scene files         from one computer to another one.

The Scene Transfer feature compress into one Encapsulated Compressed Scene file (".SEZ"), one or more scene files and all their external cabinet and pattern files required to render their 3D perspectives.

The Scene Transfer feature is found in the Scene Editor program under Options.  Its primary purpose is to archive old scenes to free space on your hard disk by deleting them after.  Another advantage is that you will get less scene files listed in the scene file requester.

As a secondary purpose, you can also use the Scene Transfer feature to transfer cabinet and pattern files by using a container scene.  A container scene is simply a normal scene with no design that only contains cabinets and simple objects using the patterns that you want to transfer.

Transferring cabinet files :
Begin by creating a container scene in which you will add all the cabinets to transfer.  Then save the scene under a significant name (like "BKP Cabinets 01" ).  Go in the Options mode.  Click the Scene Transfer button.  Be sure that the large button named Hard Disk to Diskette (the one at the left) is selected.  Click the Add button and select the container scene that you want to transfer.  You can add more than one scene by clicking again the Add button.

If you do not want to transfer some specific cabinets or patterns, simply click on the desired List button and unselect the files you do not want.  You can not unselect an added scene, you can only remove it by using the Discard button.

When ready to start the compression, click the Execute button.  Select the target folder and enter the Encapsulated Compressed Scene file name.  (Important Known Bug : Click here for all details.)  Click on the Save button.  Click on the OK button to confirm the start of archiving.

To restore the cabinet files, run the Scene Editor program from the target computer.  Go in the Options mode.  Click the Scene Transfer button.  Be sure that the large button named Diskette to Hard Disk (the one at the right) is selected.  Select the Encapsulated Compressed Scene file name then click on the Open button.  At this point you have the possibility to unselect some specific cabinets or patterns that you do not want to restore.  You can also set the Restore Options by clicking in the Additional Parameters button.

When ready to start the restoration, click the Execute button and then click on the OK button to confirm.  All the scene files will be installed and all the selected cabinet and pattern files will be also installed.

Transferring pattern files :
This is done in the same manner than the cabinet files explained above but with a small difference.  You first need to add a simple object of the type of the pattern that you want to transfer.  Then you assign the pattern to the simple object.  By example, if you want to transfer seven wall paper pattern files, you will need to add seven wall objects and assign one different pattern to each wall.  For door style pattern files, add several time the same cabinet and assign one different pattern to each one as a Local Pattern.  If you do not want the cabinet to be transferred, just unselect it from the corresponding List.

Transferring adding preferences files :
You can not transfer those files using the Scene Transfer feature because they are not considered as external files for a scene. (Try tip #11 instead.) or (Try tip #16 instead.)

Transferring group-object files :
You can not transfer those files using the Scene Transfer feature because they are not considered as external files for a scene. (Try tip #11 instead.) or (Try tip #16 instead.)  However, you can put several group-objects in a container scene, transfer and reload it in the target computer, then resave manually each group-object.