Scene Properties

Scene Properties control the overall appearance of your scene, such as background, camera behavior, and mouseover color.

 

To adjust the scene properties, first open a 3D scene. Once the scene is open,

  1. Click Rules to see the rules tree view.

  2. Click the bottom-most node in the rules tree. It represents the scene itself (that node will have the same name as the scene, shown at the top of the screen).

  3. Click the expanders on the right to see the properties you can adjust.

 

Scene Property Description

Basic

Name

Give the scene a name so you can refer to it via Snap. If you created this scene directly from a configurator, then the name has been entered automatically for you. It can always be edited.

Short Description

An optional description of the scene.

Scene Behavior

Allow Orbit

Allow the user to move the camera around the surface of a sphere centered on the origin. This is useful to see meshes placed near the origin from any angle.

Allow Pan

Allow the user to move the camera left and right.

Allow Zoom

Allow the user to move the camera forwards and backwards, towards and away from any direction the camera is currently pointed.

Constrain Camera to Radius

If enabled, this helps prevent your user from getting “lost” in the scene. Specifically, this constrains the camera position to a sphere around the center of the scene. Users will not be able to rotate, pan, zoom, or otherwise move the camera into a position where they no longer see meshes in the scene.

Use 'Camera Radius' property to set what the radius of the sphere should be.

Camera Radius

When 'Constrain Camera to Radius' is enabled, this controls the radius the sphere the camera will be contained within.

Add Mouse-Over Effects

If the user’s mouse is placed onto an object, should that object’s borders be highlighted? This can help your user find objects in complex scenes.

Mouse-Over Color

If mouse-over effects are active, you can select the color of the border.

Layout

The layout expander appears only if the scene is standalone.

Layout Name

Lists both the built-in layouts (Classic, Dream, and Modern 3D) and any custom layouts designed in your environment.

Layout Options

Depending on the layout selected, various layout options are shown.


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