With the release of Enscape 4.1.1, we are introducing a new Web User Interface. This article covers how to use this new interface to manage Panoramas and Web Standalones.

Panorama and Web Standalone files created in Enscape can be managed via Upload Management within Enscape itself (accessed via the Enscape toolbar in the CAD ). They can also be further managed within Chaos Cloud, accessed via your web browser. For clarity, there are two elements to managing Panoramas and Web Standalone files; the Upload Management dialog in Enscape itself and the Uploaded projects accessed via your Cloud Account.

 
Individual license holders can access their Enscape uploads by simply signing in to their Chaos Cloud account via the Go to Uploads link on the bottom right of the Chaos Account Upload Management tab.

Users working in an organization can gain access to the Enscape Uploads once they have been invited by their account administrator.

The functions that are available within the Chaos Cloud allow the possibility to upload, share, move, rename, and delete Panoramas and Web Standalone files, as well as create Virtual tours where multiple Panoramas from the same project can be linked together.

Sign in button in the Chaos Account window

Once you click sign in, you will be directed to the sign in page on your web browser. Here you can fill in your login credentials and click Sign in.

Login credentials window

After successfully signing in, you will be able to see your account details in the Chaos Account  window -> Account.

User signed in

A user can then proceed to export and upload to the cloud both Web Standalone files and Panoramas. This is achieved via the Upload Management dialog within the Enscape software itself. A user can then further manage these files when logged into their account in Enscape, via the Enscape Account Uploads area or by viewing them in the Cloud.

The Upload Management dialog in Enscape

By opening Enscape’s Upload Management dialog via the associated Upload Management button located back in Enscape’s CAD specific toolbar, you will be able to manage your uploads. The Upload Management dialog will open and display the Panorama tab by default. If you already have panoramas and web standalones saved, a note will show up on top of the upload management window, informing you that “Your old panoramas are still accessible on my.enscape3d.com. To access them here, please migrate them to Chaos Cloud.”  In order to start the migration, you can either click on the link in the note, or click on the migrate button on top right of the window.

Migrate button

Once you click on the migrate button, the Migrate Uploads window will open and give you an overview of items waiting for migration. This will include the number of Panoramas, Web Standalones and Panorama Galleries (If you already have galleries created in your Enscape Cloud). Please note that the existing URL for each upload is not affected and still remains accessible and unchanged.

Once you are ready to migrate, click Migrate All Items.

Migrate Uploads Window

After this step, Migration to Chaos Cloud will start and you will be able to see the status bar for each upload.

Migrating to Chaos Cloud

When you are done with the migration, you can simply click the Go to Uploads link on the bottom right of the window. This will take you to your projects menu in the Chaos Cloud. Here you will see all your migrated projects sorted under project folders. Within each folder you will find all your uploads without the need to sort them manually inside Chaos Cloud.

If you are using a Floating License and have a user account associated with it, but at some point in time have uploaded Panoramas and Standalone exports without being logged in to that account, you can migrate these previously uploaded files to your user account as well.

Migrated Projects on the Cloud

To start working with Chaos Cloud collaboration, you first have to create a project. Projects help you organize your files and folders. If you have created Panoramas and Web Standalones for your projects using Enscape 4.1.1 onwards, or migrated them through Enscape, you would be able to see those project folders already on your Cloud Account.

To create a new project directly on the Cloud, press the Create project button, choose a name for your project and you can start uploading files to that project folder.

Once you have a project ready, either uploaded through Enscape or created directly on the Cloud, you can organize content using the three buttons inside each project:

Create virtual tour – Create and share a Virtual Tour using your content.

Create folder – Organize content within your projects by creating folders.

Upload – Upload content directly from your machine to the cloud.

You can sort the files by date created, name, or by date the file was modified. Additionally, there is always a Content Menu (the three dots) option available for each item, no matter what Type the item is:

Content Menu

Clicking on the Share button will show the following popup:

You can either use the Copy button to copy the URL which can then be pasted into an email or document. Or, you can invite collaborators directly to an email address by adding the recipient’s email address and clicking the Send Invitation button. You can share your images, folders or projects. You can set the person as a Viewer or Editor.

The link access can have one of the following access levels:

Same as parent – The item inherits the same setting as the folder or project has.

Invited only – Only invited people are able to access the item.

Anyone can view – Anyone who has the link can view the item.

Anyone can comment – Anyone who has the link can view and comment on the item.

The Lock comments option can be set to either lock or unlock the comments to collaborators for this item. This will prevent new comments from being added, but the comment section will still be seen. It can also be set to Same as parent, which is the same as the parent folder or project setting. View the full list of user permissions here.

Share Options

You can upload additional versions for the file. Press the three dot menu on the image and select the Upload new version. Alternatively, use the plus button in Present mode and choose Version. Once you upload the new version, you can still access the previous one(s).

Open the file in Present mode and at the center top find the drop down menu. You can see a list of all available versions for this file.

Press the Compare versions button to view the images side by side, or compared with an A/B slider.

You can delete each of the versions from the delete icon. Once you open the file in Present Mode, there is a separate three dot menu. From there, you can access the File info option, which opens the Information panel. This panel contains information about the date of creation, size, format and creator of the file.

Panorama mode – When in this mode, panorama images are displayed like such. When switched off, the panorama image appears flat.

Premultiplied alpha – Marks the uploaded image as an image with premultiplied alpha and visualizes it as such.

File Information Panel

Collaborators can leave comments on folders and files. For files, once opened in Present mode, find the comments icon. With the blue comment icon that appears upon hovering the image, you can select the specific spot where to leave the comment.

You can add one or more image attachments to your comments, which users can view in a large gallery while reading the comment section. You can also add visual annotations to image files.

You can add a rectangle, arrow, line, or a free drawing with different color options to communicate visually over your files.

You can resolve comments by using the green check button . Resolved comments have a separate tab, where you can find them, and if needed, Reopen them using the similar icon.

In folders, find the comments icon at the top right corner of the page.

Comments Icon

Panorama and Web Standalone files created in Enscape can be managed via the Upload Management dialog within Enscape itself (accessed via the Enscape in CAD toolbar button ). They can also be further managed within the Uploads section of an Enscape Account, accessed via your web browser.

For clarity, there are two elements to managing Panoramas and Web Standalone files; the Upload Management dialog in Enscape itself and the Uploads area accessed via your Enscape Account.

Individual users can gain access to the Enscape Uploads once they have been invited by their account administrator. The available menu options in the Enscape License Center will be limited to Uploads and Login Credentials for a user. The functions that are available within the Enscape Accounts Upload area allow the possibility to share, move, rename, and delete Panoramas and Web Standalone files, as well as create Panorama Galleries where multiple Panoramas from the same project can be linked together.

Once an account administrator has invited a user via the Chaos Account Organization menu and the user has set a password for the account, they will then be able to use the associated credentials to log in to their account via the Go to Uploads link on the bottom right of the Chaos Account Upload Management tab.

Sign in button in the Chaos Account window

Once you click sign in, you will be directed to the sign in page on your web browser. Here you can fill in your login credentials and click Sign in.

Login credentials window

After successfully signing in, you will be able to see your account details in the Chaos Account window -> Account.

User signed in

A user can then proceed to export and upload to the cloud both Web Standalone files and Panoramas. This is achieved via the Upload Management dialog within the Enscape software itself. A user can then further manage these files created when logged into their account in Enscape, via the Enscape Account Uploads area where the functions listed above are accessible.

This means that for a user to be able to see those files that have been uploaded when they were logged in, the user will need to be logged in to their account via the Chaos Account window. Additionally, in the Upload Management dialog, only those files that have been uploaded when they were not logged in will be shown.

Finally, it’s worth noting that access to Enscape Accounts, and therefore access to the Uploads area, is not available to Trial users (and Students/Educators purchased prior to February 07, 2023).

The Upload Management dialog in Enscape

If you are using a Floating License and have a user account associated to it, but at some point in time have uploaded Panoramas and Standalone exports without being logged in to that account, Enscape now provides you the option to migrate these previously uploaded files to your user account.

To be able to do this, you will need to be logged in to your user account as set out above. Once you are logged in, open the Upload Management dialog window, and click on the icon at the top right corner of the dialog window as highlighted in the following screenshot. This will open another dialog informing you as to how many Panoramas and Web Standalones are available for migration and requesting you migrate all of these, or not. Once migrated, they will be available in the online Upload Manager, as shown below.

Migration Assistant

Once you have set up an account, log in to the Enscape Account and then select the Uploads option from the drop-down menu available at the top right-hand side of the page.

You will see the following menu options:

Enscape Account showing the Menu options, including Uploads

Existing Enscape users will be by default see the historic license usage overview. They can click Uploads from the menu on the top right. Whereas, new users will, by default after logging in, be taken directly to the Uploads folder.

Upload Management

Notice that there is a Type column for each item listed and these are the object Types that can managed:

• Folder
• Panorama Mono
• Panorama Stereo
• Panorama Gallery
• Web Standalone

The top level is made up of all types as ‘Folder’. These are the different CAD project folders you uploaded types for using this account. If we click on one of these Folder items it will show the contents of that project folder, which could be any of the types listed above.

Contents of a Folder

If an item in a folder is of Type Panorama, you can directly click on it to open and view the Panorama itself in a new browser tab / window. The same process is applied where a Type WebStandalone may be listed.

There is no limit to how many items you can place inside a Folder. Note, that you can also add another folder within a folder via the ‘New Folder’ button to create sub-folders. Click the black arrow button at top left to return to the Parent Folder.

Additionally, there is always a Content Menu (the three dots) option available for each item, no matter what Type the item is:

New Folder and Context Menu buttons

This Context Menu is accessed via the 3 dots button and provides the following options:

• Share Options – Set and share a link to the item
• Open in View Mode – This option is visible for Panorama Galleries only
• Rename – Rename the item
• Move – Move the item to a different location within the Uploads area
• Delete – Delete an item

The Context Menu

Clicking on the Share Options button will show the following popup:

Share Options

You can either use the Copy button to copy the URL which can then be pasted into an email or document.

Or, you can send the URL link directly to an email address by adding the recipients email address and clicking the Send Link button.

In cases where you have a previously shared an item, but want to quickly limit the access to that item, you can then click the Generate new Link option, which will show the following message:

Generate a new link

Click the Generate button to finalize the change of the URL. You should notice that the URL changes and a small notice will be shown in green text stating ‘New link created!’ which confirms the change was successful.

This function will help you to manage access to Panorama and Web Standalone files you have previously shared.

Generation of a new link was successful

Selecting the Rename option provides a dialog to allow the renaming of a file. This field can not be left empty.

Once filled out, click the Rename button to complete the process.

Rename an Item

Selecting the Move option will result in a dialog opening where the whole folder structure the user has created will be displayed. This allows  you to select the location you’d like to move the item to. The item you are wanting to move is always shown in bold text.

Once you’ve chosen the new location from the list, the Select Folder button will turn orange, meaning its now available to click on. Click on it to complete the process and the folder structure will be changed accordingly.

Move item dialog

Lastly, the Delete option will prompt you to confirm deletion before proceeding to remove the selected item completely.

In a case where a user is deleted and the license rights removed, or if a user lost access to their machine, the deletion of Panoramas from that user account can be requested by the account admin directly to Enscape.

Delete an item