The .red File Format

HOOPS Luminate provides a useful way to save and load data: the .red file format. You’re not obliged to use that format but it comes in handy when you need to share data between application or with Tech Soft 3D’s support team.

Introduction

The .red file aims are:

• easy to use: just a few lines of code are needed to save or load .red files

• self-contained: every needed resource can be packed together with the main data in a single file; one file with everything in it

• compact: various encoders are used to achieve dedicated lossless compression on any kind of data

• fast: multi-threaded loading enables short loading time

• secured: encryption can be used to make the content of your files readable only by trusted users

• extendable: users can extend the format by declaring their own chunks of data

The rest of the book covers the saving and loading of .red files.