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The .i3d file format is an method of storing the Inspect3D application's workspace settings as XML, ensuring that they are both human- and machine-readable. Inspect3D allows users to save its current workspace settings from the I3DSaveWorkspaceAs.png{{/images/thumb/1/12/I3DSaveWorkspaceAs.png/30px-I3DSaveWorkspaceAs.png Save Workspace As or I3DSaveWorkspace.png
]] Save Workspace toolbar items. Previously-saved application workspace settings can be loaded and applied from the I3DLoadWorkSpace.png]] Load Workspace toolbar item.
Format
As an XML document, an .i3d file is made up of hierarchical elements that are demarcated by tags, indicated by the < and > characters. An element consists of a start tag, <elementname>, and end tag, </elementname>, and all of the characters in between. Alternatively, an element can be defined by a single tag, <elementname />.
Tags can also contain attributes in the name=“value” format, further describing the associated element.
1. The top-level element in an .i3d file is workspace. It contains a number of subordinate elements.
2. An .i3d file contains a number of different second-level elements. These include:
- Library: File path to the currently loaded CMO library
- class_style: Styles applied to classes of signals
- ex_style: Styles applied to excluded signals
- vert_style: Styles applied to vertical lines
- PCA_Data: Settings for principal component analysis
- PCA_Prefs: Preferences for the 6 PCA result sub-windows
- query_info: Definitions for currently applied queries
- vert_style: Styles applied to vertical lines
- graph_para: Settings for the 6 PCA result sub-windows
- orig_pref: Settings for the Queried Data window
- Intermediate_Events: Styles applied to any defined Intermediate Events
- I3D_Info: Version information for the Inspect3D application