Opening Scene Files

This page provides a quick starting point on how to open supported scene files in Chaos Vantage.

Overview

Scene files can be opened in Chaos Vantage in several ways through the Chaos Vantage Home screen or inside the Vantage application. Vantage supports the following scene formats - *.vrscene, *.vrmesh, *.ply, *.obj, *.abc, *.usd, *.usdc, *.usda, *.usdz, *.fbx, *.3ds, *.stl, *.ter, *.dae, *.gltf, and *.glb.

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Chaos Vantage Home

The following options open files through the Chaos Vantage Home screen:

Open scene

Click the Open scene button. Then in the Open scene file window, select a scene file and click Open.

or

New scene

Click the New scene button to open an empty file with a default texture environment.

or

Double-click thumbnail

Double-click on any scene thumbnail in the Recents or Sample scenes tabs.

or

Drag-n-drop

Drag-n-drop the scene file directly into Chaos Vantage Home.

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Chaos Vantage

The following options open files inside the Chaos Vantage application:

Menu: File > Open Scene

In the menu bar, click File > Open Scene. Then in the open window, select the scene file and click Open.

or

Menu: File > New Scene

In the menu bar, click File > New Scene to open an empty file with a default texture environment.

or

Drag-n-drop

Drag-n-drop the scene file directly into Chaos Vantage. Click Open in the Open or merge scene? dialog window and it automatically renders the scene.

Additionally up to 10 recently opened scenes can be quickly accessed via File > Recent Files. Just choose the appropriate scene from the list.

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