Action Bar

The action bar provides commands for managing the Experience.

Home
Brings you back to the home page.
From the home page, you can, for example create new Experiences or open existing ones.
See Home Page.
Save (Ctrl+S)
Overwrites the last stored state of the Experience with the current one.
It is saved as "realtime experience" of the subtype "gallery" in the database of the 3D EXPERIENCE platform.
Rename
Changes the name of the Experience.
To save the Experience with its new name, use the corresponding action bar command.
Reload from Database
Opens the last saved state of your Experience and updates its reference content based on the one in the database.
Changes that are stored in the production are applied as overrides to the reloaded content.
Note: This command is only available on desktop devices.
Insert Content
Provides prefiltered search options for inserting ambiences, products, or materials from the database into the Experience. Alternatively you can import a local 3D XML file into the database.
Flyout for Inserting Content
Create Ambience
Opens a dialog in which you can create new ambiences based on HDR images and backplates.
The new ambience is automatically assigned to the active scene and saved as "ambience environment" in the database of the 3D EXPERIENCE platform.
See Creating a New Ambience.
Live Preview Rendering
Opens the live preview window that displays the scene rendered with Stellar Physically Correct.
It provides a raytracing rendering that approaches your render output, but is optimized for interaction.
See About Live Preview Rendering.
Render Export
Opens the render settings dialog box to specify render jobs.
Save your Experience before starting the rendering of a job.
See Render Export.
Render Job Monitor
Opens an overview window for your render jobs.
It provides a list of all your render jobs and their statuses. In addition, you can manage the rendered output media through the job monitor.
See About Render Job Monitor.
Reframe
Adjusts the camera view so that the selected product or part is clearly visible and centered in the viewport.
The camera target is set to the center of the selection's bounding box.
Zoom
Activates the zoom functionality of the camera in the viewport.
Press and hold the left mouse button while moving the pointer forward or backward to zoom in or out.
Pan
Activates the move functionality of the camera in the viewport by clicking and moving the pointer.
Press and hold the left mouse button while moving the pointer to pan the camera view.
Rotate
Activates the rotation of the camera in the viewport.
Press and hold the left mouse button while moving the pointer to rotate the camera view.
Camera
Displays the Camera Properties panel.
See Camera Properties.
Swap to Invisible Space
Displays all hidden and invisible parts or products.
All other elements are not displayed.

Click again to switch back to the visible space.

Flyout for Inserting Content

Insert Ambience
Inserts an ambience into the Experience.
3DSearch automatically filters for "ambience environments".
See Inserting Ambiences.
Insert Product
Inserts a product into the Experience.
3DSearch automatically filters for "physical products".
See Inserting Products.
Insert Material
Inserts a material into the Experience.
3DSearch automatically filters for "covering materials".
See Inserting Materials.
Import 3D XML File
Loads a locally stored 3D XML file into the database of the 3D EXPERIENCE platform.
You can choose to saved it as a new data set or as a reference. From the database you can open the content of the 3D XML file in xStudio.
See Importing 3D XML Files.