Editing a PLM Ambience

You can customize some parameters for PLM ambiences, and you can modify the ambience reference for PLM ambiences.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Ambience Studio Stacking

Edit a PLM Ambience from the Ambience Editor

You can locally override a PLM ambience in Rendering Scene Design, and create a new product ambience. By default, the product ambience inherits the parameters of the ambience reference.

Before you begin:
  1. Do one of the following:
    • From the Product Ambiences panel, drag a PLM ambience image to the work area, or double-click it. PLM ambiences are identified by the symbol.
    • From the Rendering Scene Design section of the action bar, click Insert Ambience as Reference .
  2. In the General tab, the preview area displays in real time the customization of the background and lights.

    You can maximize the preview and display it in a separate window. To do so, click:

    • to detach the preview from the General tab. You can move, resize, group, snap, stack, or dock the HDRi Lights Preview window to one of the four docking areas like any immersive panel.

      You can also zoom and pan the preview in the window using the standard mouse and keyboard interactions.

      If you resize the window, the new dimensions are stored in the local preferences and applied next time you detach the window.

    • to center and fit the preview in the HDRi Lights Preview window when the window is resized.

      If the window and the image have different width and height ratios, the image resizes to be entirely displayed in the window.

    • to attach the preview to the General tab.



  3. Click to display additional commands.

    Command Description
    Edit Source Lets you edit the reference of a PLM ambience through Ambience Studio.

    You can also click Edit Source at the bottom of the editor.

    For more information, see Edit the Ambience Reference of a PLM Ambience.
    Display Helper Grid Lets you display a grid in the preview and in the 3D area.
    Display in Preview

    Display in 3D area

    This grid is made of three vertical lines and one horizontal line:

    • The three vertical lines highlight the three key longitude angles: -90°, 0°, and +90°.
    • The horizontal line highlights the horizon, at 0° latitude.

    To hide the grid, click Hide Helper Grid.
    Export HDR Lets you save the current ambience in .hdr format.

  4. Modify the appropriate properties in the General and Ground tabs.
  5. Click Save as new to product.
    A new image thumbnail is created in the Product Ambiences panel and the created ambience is automatically activated. Its parameters are initialized with the parameters you customized and you can keep on overloading them through the ambience panel.

Edit the Ambience Reference of a PLM Ambience

You can edit the reference of a PLM ambience through Ambience Studio.

  1. From the Rendering Scene Design section of the action bar, click Manage Ambience .
  2. Do one of the following:
    • In the Product Ambiences panel, right-click a PLM ambience image, and then select Edit Source.
    • At the bottom of the ambience panel, click Edit Source.
    • Click at the top of the General tab.
    • Double-click the PLM ambience in the tree.
      Note: To display the tree, click in the left docking area.
    Ambience Studio opens to let you edit the ambience reference.
  3. Make the required changes.

    For more information, see Ambience Studio: Ambience Panel: Using the Ambience Panel.

    By default, the product ambience inherits the parameters of the ambience reference.

    Important: If the template ambience is modified afterward, the changes are not reflected in the copied ambience since the link between the two ambiences has been cut.

  4. To go back to Rendering Scene Design, click Exit App from the Ambience Studio section of the action bar.