This page provides information about the user interface of Chaos Envision.
Overview
Chaos Envision has a menu row, a toolbar with buttons, a bottom dock panel, as well as left- and right-hand side panels with several tabs that give you access to a range of features for managing your scene.
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1. Menu bar – A set of menus that give you quick access to common features, such as importing and managing scenes, creating various objects, and many more.
2. Home Screen – A button that opens the Chaos Envision Home screen. The Home screen allows you to create new files or open existing ones; provides you with links to useful websites such as Envision Ideas Portal and Chaos Help Center, and gives you access to various sample scenes.
3. Toolbar – The top toolbar contains commonly used tools for object manipulation, such as select, move, rotate, scale, as well as tools for creating objects, lights, splines, and crowd simulations.
4. Left Side Panel – The left-hand side panel contains tabs for creating and managing scene and environment variations, cameras, objects, and lights.
5. Right Side Panel – The right-hand side panel contains tabs for controlling the environment as well as for adjusting the parameters of scene objects and materials.
6. Bottom Panel – The bottom dock panel contains buttons for Material Browser, Chaos Cosmos Library, Animation, and Local Library.
7. Current View Quick Settings – A set of dropdowns for selecting scene and environment variations as well as views.
8. Full Screen Mode – Opens the full screen mode where you can select among three navigation modes: Standard, Walk, and Fly.