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This page provides information on managing Views in Enscape.

Last updated 1 September 2026

This page provides information on managing Views in Enscape.

Overview

The View Management button () in the Enscape user interface opens the View Management panel. The panel handles creation, renaming, updating, and linking of Views to a Visual Settings Preset. View deletion is performed in the associated CAD/BIM application.

A View can also be marked as a Favorite. Favorite Views are designed for use in both the Enscape Virtual Reality Presentation Mode and the Enscape Standalone Executable files, and help both presenters and clients quickly navigate to pre-selected Viewpoints within a project.

Rename a View

To rename a View:

In the View Management list, hover over the View and click the Edit button.
Add a new name in the CAD View Name field.
Click Save to return to the View Management list.

Mark a View as Favorite

To mark a View as Favorite:

In the View Management list, hover over the View and click the Edit button.
Click the heart icon next to the CAD View Name field to add or remove the View as a Favorite. A solid grey heart indicates a Favorite; an outlined heart indicates a standard View.
Click Save to return to the View Management list.

Favorite Views appear under the Favorites rollout. When hovering over a favorite View, a filled grey heart indicator appears.

All views marked as a favorite become available in the VR Presentation Mode, as well as in the right side pop-out menu in the Enscape Standalone file.

*Available only in Windows.

Select and Update Views

A View is selected and updated either in Enscape or in the host CAD/BIM application.

Select and Update Views in Enscape

To update a View with a new camera position in Enscape:

In the View Management list, hover over a View and click its Edit button.
Locate the Camera section, which contains the X, Y, Z, Orientation, Pitch, and Yaw values.
- Pitch sets the degree up and down.
- Yaw sets the degree in rotation.

Navigate within the Enscape window to the new desired position. The Camera values update automatically.
To revert the change, click the Undo button to restore the original position.
Click Save to apply the new position. The change is also reflected in the design application.

To close the Edit View panel, click the left-pointing chevron to the left of Edit View to return to the View Management panel, or click the X to the right of Edit View to close the View Management panel entirely.

Select and Update Views in CAD/BIM

Each host application has its own workflow for selecting and updating views. Expand the relevant section below for step-by-step instructions.

Select and update views in SketchUp

Select and update views in Revit

To display a View in the Enscape window, click its name in the list of Views in the View Management panel in Enscape or in the Active Document dropdown in Revit. The Active Document dropdown selects the View Enscape displays without leaving the Revit user interface, while Revit's Project Browser remains available for work in another View.

The Active Document drop-down selection menu in Revit

To update a View in Revit:

Open the View from the Project Browser in Revit.
Select Unlock View from the viewport menu in Revit.
Make the changes, including adjustments to the Sun Position.
Select Save Orientation and Lock View in Revit to update the View in both Revit and Enscape.

A restart of Enscape might be required to see the changes, although the View generally updates without one.

Using the Active Document menu in Revit

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Using Revit's Live Camera

The Revit Live Camera function helps with navigation and View setup in complex projects. To enable the camera, click the arrow on the Synchronize Views button in the Enscape ribbon in the Revit user interface, then select Revit Live Camera.

The following demonstration shows Enscape’s Revit Live Camera being activated and the movement being controlled in both Revit and in Enscape.

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To deactivate the Revit Live Camera, click the Revit Live Camera button again to pause it, or click the arrow on the button and select Synchronize Views instead.

Revit Live Camera

Select and update views in Rhino

Select and update views in ArchiCAD

A View in ArchiCAD is selected from the ArchiCAD View Map dialog.

Select a View in ArchiCAD

When selecting the View from the View Map dialog, if Synchronize Views is disabled in Enscape, then only the Viewport in Archicad updates.

When the View is selected from the Enscape View Management panel and Synchronize Views is disabled, Enscape pans smoothly between the Named Views, and the View ‘snaps’ to the selected View in the ArchiCAD viewport.

When Synchronize Views is enabled, the View ‘snaps’ in the Enscape window the same way it snaps in the ArchiCAD viewport.

To update a View in ArchiCAD:

Make the adjustment to the View in ArchiCAD.
Click the View Settings button
In the View Settings dialog, click Get Current Window's Settings at the top.
Click OK. The View updates in both ArchiCAD and Enscape.

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Select and update views in Vectorworks

Once a View is saved, the View is available in both the Vectorworks Saved Views dialog and the Enscape View Management panel.

When the View is activated from Vectorworks and Synchronize Views is disabled, the View appears only in the Vectorworks viewport.

Otherwise, you can select it from the Enscape View Management panel.

Enscape View Manager and Vectorworks' Saved Views dialog

To update a View in Vectorworks on Windows:

Confirm that View Management is not open in the Enscape viewport.
Open the Saved Views window in Vectorworks.
Click the View you want to update to make it active.
Make the required changes from within the Vectorworks viewport.
Right-click the View in the Saved Views window in Vectorworks.
Select Redefine… from the context menu and click OK. The View updates in both Vectorworks and Enscape.

Enscape View Manager and Vectorworks' Saved Views dialog

To update a View in Vectorworks on macOS:

Select the View from the Saved Views list.
Make the required adjustments to the View. Open the View menu and select Redefine.

Enscape View Manager and Vectorworks' Saved Views dialog

Geometry Update Setting

The Geometry Update Setting option is located at the bottom of the View Management dialog. The option controls whether geometry reloads when switching between Views. When disabled, geometry doesn't reload each time a different View is selected.

Deleting Views

View deletion is performed in the host CAD/BIM application. The View is automatically removed from the Enscape View Management panel.

Delete Views in SketchUp

Delete Views from Revit

Delete Views from Rhino

Delete Views from ArchiCAD

Delete Views from Vectorworks

Overview

Rename a View

Mark a View as Favorite

Select and Update Views

Select and Update Views in Enscape

Select and Update Views in CAD/BIM

Select and update views in SketchUp

Select and update views in Revit

Select and update views in Rhino

Select and update views in ArchiCAD

Select and update views in Vectorworks

Geometry Update Setting

Deleting Views

Delete Views in SketchUp

Delete Views from Revit

Delete Views from Rhino

Delete Views from ArchiCAD

Delete Views from Vectorworks

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