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Scene List

The Scene List lets you save multiple scenes — each with its own view and environment/effect setup — for easy switching, comparison, and rendering. Modeling software can't store a separate render environment per scene; the Scene List exists to fill that gap. It is available in SketchUp, Rhino, and Revit.

What a Scene Records

Category
Content

View

Camera position and direction

Environment

All environment parameters (Geographic Sky / HDRI and their sub-items)

Effects

All effect parameters (contrast, highlight, shadow, slope, saturation, temperature, tint)

Exposure

Exposure value and auto-exposure state

Aspect

Current aspect ratio

Basic Operations

  • Open the Scene List from the lower-left corner of the Lite window; click to create a scene (the current thumbnail is recorded automatically).

  • After adjusting the environment or effects, click "Update Scene" to save the latest parameters to that scene.

  • Scenes can be renamed and deleted.

  • Click any scene to jump to its view and switch to its environment and effects.

Syncing with SketchUp Scenes

After Lite opens, it stays in sync with SketchUp scenes by default: creating, updating, renaming, or deleting a scene in SketchUp does the same in Lite, and vice versa.

Syncing with Rhino Named Views

In Rhino, the Scene List corresponds to Rhino Named Views. A Rhino Named View only stores the camera position; when you create or update a scene in Lite, Lite also saves the current environment and effect parameters to that scene. Named Views sync bidirectionally between Lite and Rhino: switching or creating a Named View in Rhino is reflected in Lite, and switching or creating a scene in Lite is reflected in Rhino.

Revit Scene List and Sync Modes

In Revit, the Scene List is also available. Revit offers two sync modes:

  • Viewport sync only (default): switching views syncs only the camera angle; model content is not reloaded. Good for quickly switching between different viewpoints.

  • Full sync: switching views syncs the view's visibility, model content, and camera angle. Good for projects where different views contain different elements or layers; switching takes a brief loading time. Full sync is suited for projects with significant visibility differences between views.

The sync mode can be toggled in Lite settings in the Revit toolbar. In Revit, you cannot create or delete views from Lite; the Scene List shows 3D views that already exist in Revit. Each view's recorded environment and effect parameters are loaded automatically when you switch views.

Sync to D5 Render

  • The camera view is always synced.

  • Scenes that have recorded environment and effect parameters are synced together with those parameters; scenes that were never set individually fall back to Render's global parameters.

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