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Scene Editor - Room Tab

You can edit the size, offset, visibility, and appearances of the walls, floor, and ceiling of the scene. Properties are available for both cubical and spherical scenes.

To edit the room properties:

  1. Click Scene on the PhotoWorks toolbar, or click PhotoWorks, Scene, or right-click a scene in the Render Manager Tab and select Edit Scenery.

You can also select the Appearances/PhotoWorks tab to display scenes in the Task Pane.

  1. On the Room tab, set the following properties:

    Size/Alignment

  • Length

Controls the length of the floor in a cubical scene.

  • Width

Controls the width of the floor in a cubical scene.

  • Height

Controls the height of the walls in a cubical scene.

Offsets the model geometry from the scene floor.

Decrease the value to move the floor closer to the model.

Spins the floor.

  • Resize automatically

Sizes the room to the model.

 

  • Preserve length/width ratio

Preserves the ratio between the floor dimensions in a cubical scene.

  • Align with

Sets the alignment of the room. Select one of the following:

  • View

Aligns scene with the view behind the model so the floor is always horizontal and the walls are always vertical.

  • Model Plane

Scene aligns with a plane on the model. If you rotate the model, the scene rotates as well. See the following illustration for the difference between the Model X-Y Plane, the Model X-Z Plane, and the Model Y-Z Plane.

Flips the floor about the selected model geometry based on the planar face you select.

Reverses the selected planar face.

 

    Visibility and appearances

    • Appearance. View and edit the appearances associated with the walls, ceiling, and floor of the selected scene. To edit the appearance selection, click , and change the properties in the Appearances PropertyManager.

    • Link all walls. Select to use the same appearance on the North, South, East, and West walls. When selected, changes you make to the appearance on one wall apply to the others.

    • Visible. Select or clear to control the display of the individual sides of the scene.

      If a wall marked as Visible blocks the model, then the wall is hidden in the rendered image.

    • Reflective. Select or clear to control the reflection of the individual sides of the scene. For example, you can clear Visible (wall is not visible) but select Reflective.

      With reflectivity, use the Ray tracing algorithm, and associate the SolidWorks model with Reflective appearances.

  1. Click Apply to accept the changes, then click Close.

    PhotoWorks applies the changes when you click Apply. You do not have to close the dialog box before you render.

Related Topics

Scene Editor - Manage Tab

Scene Editor - Back/Foreground Tab

Scene Editor - Environment Tab

Scene Editor - Lighting Tab



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