[Bf-funboard] Re: Saving User Settings

[Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero]

jp@nuance9.com (2003-09-16 at 1037.33 -0500):
> First, I am unsure of the value of saving a model as part of the default
> startup.  But I am 
> new to 3D - so maybe someone can fill me in.  Is it that somebody
> intentionally made 
> this function so that it saves the model too, or was it supposed to be a
> function to 
> specifically save user settings - and the easiest way to program it was to
> just save 
> everything?

This function has always saved what you had. It is useful, so you can
store a lightdome (which requires a "model"), materials, some lighting
settings, etc.

> Second, perhaps the dialog box could be worded clearer?  Instead of "Save
> User 
> Default", which makes me think that I am just saving default User
> Settings.  Perhaps it 
> could say "Set Current State Default".  I'm not sure if that would be
> easier for anybody to 
> understand though.

Save User Template, maybe that way people will understand what it
does, and it still C-u will make sense.

GSR