Merging and Placing Scene Files

This page provides information on how to merge scenes in Chaos Vantage.

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Options

When you drag-and-drop a file in Chaos Vantage, you are presented with a pop-up menu with the following options:

Merge/Place filtering – Filter setting for the drag-n-dropped file.

Cameras – When enabled, imports the cameras from the drag-n-dropped file.
Geometry – When enabled, imports the geometry from the drag-n-dropped file.
Lights – When enabled, imports the lights from the drag-n-dropped file.
Materials – When enabled, imports the materials from the drag-n-dropped file.

Scene options – Additional options for the merged/placed scene.

Loop animation – When enabled, loops the imported animated file from the start. Useful in cases where the timeline length is longer than the animation length. You can disable it again by going into the Preferences menu.

Do not ask again – When enabled, stores the currently enabled options and the type of action (Open/Place/Merge) and executes it the next time a file is dragged and dropped. You can re-enable this pop-up by navigating to the Preferences menu.

Open – Opens the drag-n-dropped file. This entirely overrides the currently opened scene. For more details, check Opening Scene Files.

Place – Merges the drag-n-dropped file at the drop position and aligns it to the surface normals. For more details, check Place Scene.

Merge – Merges the drag-n-dropped file at the scene origin. For more details, check Merge Scene.

Cancel – Cancels the merging process.

Place Scene Files

Placing a file in Chaos Vantage means to merge an additional file to an already opened one with the ability to position it where you choose.

To place a file, drag and drop it into the viewport. While still holding the left mouse button, a red arrow appears that indicates the position and surface normal at which it will be placed and aligned to.

Once you release the left button, a pop-up window appears with the Place option.

Use the Move, Rotate, and Scale tools from the top toolbar.

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Merge Scene Files

Merging a file in Chaos Vantage means merging an additional file into an already open one and positioning it at the 0,0,0 coordinates.

When you drag and drop a file, choose Merge from the pop-up window.

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