1. Open the dtsUtility window.
2. Click the Create Bounding Box button. This creates a cube named bounds that will serve as the bounding box. The bounding box needs to encompass the entire shape, so set its scale attributes to 2. Check the Lock checkbox so that the bounding box does not obscure simpleShape2.
3. Make sure simpleShape2 is selected. Click the Embed Shape button. Then click the Register Details button.
4. Open HyperGraph (Window > HyperGraph). What you see should look like this:
The Embed Shape button created a hierarchy for your shape which will allow it to export. The Register Details button created a detail marker that matches the detail resolution on simpleShape2. The detail marker tells the exporter that there is a detail mesh that should be exported.
The base and start shapes and the detail marker can be created manually as well by creating empty groups (Create > Empty Group) then renaming and parenting them accordingly.
You are now ready to export the shape.
5. In the dtsUtilty window, press the Export button.
6. In the file dialog, set Files of Type to exportDTS. Name the file simpleShapeBase.dts. If your project is set up properly, the file will be saved to the dts directory inside the main project workspace directory (C:\Projects\simpleShape\dts). Click Export to save the dts file.
7. Save the scene file.
