File extensions

In Windows, there is practically no restriction to the length of a file name or its extension. However, since it is sometimes desirable to transfer files to DOS, we recommend that you limit your file names to 8 characters and your file extensions to 3 characters. File extensions are not necessary but are useful for identifying files.

The file extensions for the files created by sliceOmatic are:


	Extension	Identification

	.scp	A script file. Script files are used to group a sequence of GLI1 files and their "z" values in one read operation. They are also used to specify a number of operating parameters for the program.
	.tag	A TAG file. These files are the tagged images produced by the program. The program will produce one TAG file for each GLI file.

Body composition result files:

.txt

A surface area and volume results file in ASCII format.

These files contain the results of the surface and volume computations done by the program.

3D polygon files:

	.mov	Movie.BYU format. This old polygon format, developed by Brigham Young University for their MOVIE.BYU program in the 80's, is very simple which make it ideal to store simple polygonal objects such as those created in sliceOmatic. The format is described in more detail in appendix E. SliceOmatic can create ".dxf" files, but it can not read them.
	.dxf	Autocad file format. The geometries will be saved using the POLYLINE primitives. A definition of the DXF file format can be found in Wikipedia. SliceOmatic can create ".dxf" files, but it can not read them.
	.stl	Stereolithography file format (binary version and ASCII versions). A definition of the STL file format can be found in Wikipedia.
	.obj	Wavefront OBJ file format. A definition of the OBJ file format can be found in Wikipedia. SliceOmatic can create ".obj" files, but it can not read them.
	.wrl	A VRML polygon file. A definition of the VRML file format can be found in Wikipedia. SliceOmatic can create ".wrl" files, but it can not read them.