Create, Select and Update View

In Enscape it is possible to create and save pre-defined Views and then link those Views to a Settings Preset that have been Saved to the Project.

The basic procedure to create a view is:

• Choose the camera view position in the Enscape Viewport
• Position the sun (optional)
• Click the Create View button

You will find the Create View button located in the View Management area of the Enscape Viewport toolbar. This means that you must have Enscape running and the Enscape Viewport in focus.

If you want to delete a View then this must be done under the SketchUp Scenes panel.

Once you have clicked the View Management button, the associated panel will open where you will see a Search field, 2 View categories; Favorites and Untitled (the second being a dynamic category that is replaced with the open CAD project name), and the Create View button.

You can create a View directly in Enscape or via Sketchup. What follows is the method for achieving this directly in Enscape, and the methods for achieving this in Sketchup

You have decided on a position in your project you would like to create a View from.  Once you have also set any camera specific settings or Visual Settings, including applying styles to the projects geometry in Sketchup, click the Create button. This will open the Create View panel where you will be prompted to provide the CAD View Name, as well as optionally Mark the View as a Favorite, and use the Linked Visual Preset option, which is discussed here. You can also save the Sun Position, as well as Update the View The later options can also be edited and applied at a later date.

If you haven’t named the View, the Create button will not be available. So, name the View first which will allow you to click the Create button to save your first View in Enscape.

Click the left pointing arrow / chevron located to the left of Edit View to go back to View Management panel.  Or, click the X to the right of Edit View to close down the View Management panel altogether.

There are a couple of ways to create a View in SketchUp:

In addition to being able to create a View within Enscape, you can also use the native SketchUp functions to create a new ‘Scene’ and it’s worth noting that when you create a new View in Enscape, that View is also available as a ‘Scene’ in SketchUp.

Simply click the  + button in the Scenes section of SketchUp which will create a new ‘Scene’, which by default is named Scene 1, Scene 2, etc, depending on how many Scenes already exist within the project.

Selecting a view in SketchUp is straight forward.

Open View Management in Enscape and click on one of the named Views that you want to display in Enscape, as seen in the screenshot.

Or, select the associated ‘Scene’ in SketchUp, either via the tabs, or via the Scenes panel.
Updating a View / Scene is performed in SketchUp. Make sure to have Synchronize Views enabled to make this process easier. It’s also worth noting here that it’s via SketchUp’s Update Scene option that an Enscape View’s Sun Settings can be updated and saved to a View.

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

You should now see a section called Camera. This is where you will have a section for the X, Y, Z , Orientation, Pitch and Yaw.

*Pitch = degrees up and down

*Yaw is the degree in rotation

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

*If you want to undo this, simply click the undo button and it will revert back to the original position.

Once you are happy with the new position of the view, simply click the Save Button at the bottom of the menu and the new changes will be reflected in the Sketchup Scenes Panel view as well.

Edit View Button

Update Views Settings

Camera Values Updated