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Save views as scenes

Save a camera and style as a scene, update and rename it, and step or play through scenes to present a design.

Written for ModelCraft 0.3. The same help is inside the app: press F1.

A scene remembers a camera position and a style: where you are looking from, perspective or parallel, the face style, edges, and the sun settings. Scenes are saved in the .modelcraft file.

Add a scene

  1. Set up the view: orbit, zoom, pick a style, set the sun.
  2. In the Scenes panel on the right, click Add scene.

The scene appears in the list, named "Scene 1", "Scene 2" and so on, and as a tab across the top of the 3D view. The status bar says "Scene 1 saved: this camera and style."

Go to a scene

  • Click its tab over the 3D view, or its name in the Scenes list.
  • Or press fn ↓Page Down for the next scene and fn ↑Page Up for the previous one. Next and Previous under the list do the same.

The camera glides to the scene in a little over half a second. If your computer is set to reduce motion, it jumps there instead.

Change, rename or delete a scene

Each scene in the list has three small buttons after its name:

  • Update (the circular arrows): saves the current camera and style into that scene. "Scene 2 updated."
  • Rename (the pencil): opens a "Rename scene" dialog. Type the new name and click Save.
  • Delete (the trash can): removes the scene. "Scene 2 deleted. Ctrl+Z brings it back."

Adding, updating, renaming and deleting scenes are steps in undo, like changes to the model.

Present

  1. Add two or more scenes.
  2. Click Play under the list. ModelCraft moves to the next scene every few seconds and goes back to the first after the last.
  3. Click Stop (the same button) or press EscEsc to stop.

For a sun study, add one scene per hour with only the Time changed, then play them. See Styles and sun shadows.

To present without the bars, press ⌃⇧FCtrl+Shift+F twice: full screen, then full screen with the bars hidden. The scene tabs stay over the view.

Things to know

  • Changing the style or moving the camera after going to a scene does not change the scene until you click Update.
  • Scenes do not hide or show parts of the model; there is no hiding in this build.
  • Scenes are not exported to Collada, OBJ, glTF, STL or IFC.