Using scenes

A scene is a 3D environment in which one or more 3D objects can be displayed. This page covers:

Creating a scene

To create a new scene:

On the View menu, point to Scene, and then click New Scene.
Complete the General page of the Scene Properties dialog box.
If you already created and/or imported the 3D objects to be displayed in the scene, select the 3D objects to display on the Objects page of the Scene Properties dialog box.
Note: objects will only appear on the scene if their valid time overlaps with the scene time.
If desired, add notes about the scene on the Notes page of the of the Scene Properties dialog box.
Click OK.

To create a copy of an existing scene:

Before you can display a 3D object in a scene you must create the object or import the object into the EV file.

To select which 3D objects to display in a scene:

Display a scene.
On the Scene menu, click Scene Properties.
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On the Shortcut menu (right-click), click Scene Properties.
Click the Objects tab.
Under View the 3D objects, select the 3D objects you wish to view.

Notes: Objects will only appear on the scene if their valid time overlaps with the scene time window.

To view a scene: On the View menu, point to Scene, and then click the required scene.

To navigate through the scene, see 3D Navigation.

To control scene animation, see About scene animation.

To record you motions and play them back, see Movies.

Notes:

Objects will only appear on the scene if their valid time overlaps with the scene time.
A scene can only be viewed in one window. If you would like to display different views of the same scene in more than one window, you will need to make a copy of the scene. See Creating a scene above.