Using scenes for more than appearances
Most users depend on scenes to position the camera, or to prepare a view to be used for output from LayOut. While this is a primary function of scenes, there are other ways that you can use scenes to help you model. For this next example, let’s make a few scenes that will allow us to quickly change what is visible in your model:
- Open the Scenes window if it is not already open.
- Click the Show Details button to show all the options for scenes.
In this portion of the window, you can do some basic functions including naming the scene or specifying that scene should be in an animation, and it also includes all of the properties that will be saved with the scene. By default, all the listed properties will be saved with the scene and restored when a scene is activated. By choosing to turn on only some of the properties, we can create scenes that help during the modeling process.
For example, let’s create a scene that...