Project Panel

Icon	Element	Description
	Experience node (root node)	Includes 3D, environments, and materials.
	Cameras node	Lets you go to the camera (that is, switch to the viewpoint defined by the camera, while applying the camera parameters (as specified in Live Rendering) to the viewer).
	3D node	Lets you view and manage 3D actors such as products, humans, kinematics animations, physics simulations, manufacturing simulations, 3D HTML displays. You can rename and select objects, act on their visibility, expose and pick materials, select all objects with the same material, etc. Note: To work with humans, you must have the appropriate role.
	Environments node	Lets you view and manage ambience environments (insert existing environments, activate or deactivate them, edit environments in context...).
	Materials node	Lets you view and manage materials (insert, create, pick, and apply, select all objects with the same material...). Lets you manage material vectors (create a material variant line, rename, edit properties, collapse, and expand the material vector node...). Note: When you create a material variant line from a material vector, all the materials contained in the vector are taken into account. Also, all the actors to which the material vector is applied are taken into account. Before clicking Create Material Variant Line, don't forget to expose one of the materials from the vector. The material variant line is created in the Material Vectors panel.
	Product Tables node	Lets you access the product tables found in a physical product, and quickly create stages and product variant lines from these product tables. You can rename and delete these product tables, as well as view their properties.

Right-click elements in the tree to access a context menu offering specific options.

For example, you can add ready-to-use behaviors to some 3D actors: Car Controller, Explode, Imitate, Open/Close, Rotate. For more information, see Adding Behaviors to Actors.

You can also perform the following actions in the Project panel:

Action	Instruction
Expand or collapse a tree node	Click the arrow in front of it.
Show or hide an actor	Click the eye next to it.
Allow or prevent manipulation of an actor	Click the pointer next to it.
Rename an experience or actor	Select it and press F2.
Highlight an actor in the 3D area	Select it in the tree.
Highlight an actor in the tree	Select it in the 3D area.
Display an actor's properties in the Properties panel	Select it in the tree or in the 3D area.
Create a hierarchy	Cut, copy, and paste root elements in the tree.
Highlight in the 3D area actors bearing a given material	Hover over, or select, the material in the tree.