Manage Views

When you want to create a View using the Enscape Create View function, you need to have the Enscape viewport running, as the function is embedded in the Enscape viewport. Visit the Create Select and Update a View page for more information.

Once you have Enscape open, move the Enscape viewport to the View you would like to create and then click on the Create View button.

Create View button in the View Management panel

Once you have clicked the Create View button, you are prompted to give that View a CAD View Name. Once you have named your view, you can also mark it as a Favorite View by clicking on the heart symbol (so it turns from a blue outline to a solid blue color), and then you can click Create for that View to be listed in the View Management list under the respective projects category.

Name the View

Back in the View Management list, click the Edit button that appears when hovering over a View. Return to the Edit area. Here, you can click the blue heart to add/remove the View as a Favorite and rename it if desired.

The newly created View

Once done, click the Save button, which returns you to the View Management area where all the project’s Views are listed.

Mark the View as a Favorite

All views that you mark as favorites become available in the VR Presentation Mode, and in the right-side pop-out menu in the Enscape Standalone file.

Favorite Views listed in an Enscape Standalone Executable file

To update a view with a new position, click the Edit button on the view you would like to update.

Edit View Button

You should now see a section called Camera.  This is where you can find sections for the X, Y, and Z  Orientation, Pitch*, and Yaw*.

*  Pitch is the degree up and down.

* Yaw is the degree in rotation.

Update Views Settings

Once you start moving around in the Enscape window to the new desired position, you can see all these values updated.

*If you want to undo this, click the undo button.

Once you are happy with the new view position, click the Save button at the bottom of the menu. The new changes are then reflected in your design application.

Camera Values Updated

As mentioned at the top of this article, Enscape now provides a Geometry Update Setting option for Archicad users. When disabled, geometry is not reloaded each time you switch between Views.

Geometry Update Setting in the Upload Management dialog

To Batch Render a set of Views, whether marked as a Favorite or not, click the Batch Rendering button in Enscape.

The Batch Rendering button

This opens the Batch Rendering list, which shows all Views contained in a project. Select the Views you want to Batch Render by marking the checkbox next to each View name and clicking on the Render Images button.

If you have a Default Folder specified in the Visual Settings > Output tab, then Enscape automatically begins the batch render process. If this is not specified, then when you click the Render Image button, a dialog window opens asking you to select the location to save to.

If a View is connected to a Settings Preset, then the Settings Preset overrides the global settings. This means you can potentially batch Render individual images out to specific locations.

If Automatic Naming is enabled in the Visual Settings > Output tab, then each View is appended with the name of that View. Again, if a View is linked to a Settings Preset, that name is applied individually.

Clicking the arrow next to the Render Images button reveals the Render Mono Panoramas and Render Stereo Panoramas buttons. These functions export panoramas from Views, which are then available in the Upload Management > Panoramas dialog.

The Batch Rendering list

You can delete a view from within Archicad. Open the Archicad View Map panel, right-click on the View you would like to delete, and select Delete from the menu.

You will receive a warning message informing you that this process is not reversible and to confirm deletion.

Delete a View in Archicad