When you want to create a View using the Enscape ‘Create View‘ function, you will need to have the Enscape viewport running, as the function is embedded in the UI within the Enscape viewport.

Click here for a full overview of how to Create and Select a View in Enscape.

Once you do have Enscape open, move in the Enscape viewport to the View you would like to create and then click on the Create View button.

Once you have clicked the Create View button, you will be prompted to give that View a CAD View Name. Once you have named your view, you can also mark it as a Favorite View by clicking the heart symbol (so it turns from a blue outline to a solid blue color), and then you can click Create for that View to be listed in the View Management list under the respective projects category.

Back in the View Management list, click the Edit button that will appear when mousing over a View to return to the Edit area, where you can click the blue heart to add / remove the View as a Favorite. You can also rename the View here, if desired.

Once done, click the Save button, which will return you to the View Management area where all the project’s Views are listed.

To update a view with a new position, click the Edit Button on the view you would like to update:

You should now see a section called Camera.  This is where you will have a section for the X, Y, Z , Orientation, Pitch and Yaw

*Pitch = degrees up and down

*Yaw is the degree in rotation

Once you start moving around in the Enscape window to the new desired position, you will see all these values updated.

*If you want to undo this, simply click the undo button and it will revert back to the original position.

Once you are happy with the new position of the view, simply click the Save Button at the bottom of the menu and the new changes will be reflected in your design application as well.

As mentioned at the top of this article, Enscape now provides a Geometry Update Setting option Archicad users. This means that when disabled, geometry will not be reloaded each time you switch between Views.

To Batch Render a set of Views, whether marked as a Favorite or not, click the Batch Rendering button in the Enscape UI.

This will open the Batch Rendering list which shows all Views contained in a project. Select the Views you want to Batch Render by marking the checkbox next to each View name and click on the Render Images button.

If you have a Default Folder specified in the Visual Settings – Output tab, then Enscape will automatically begin the batch render process. If this is not specified, then when you click the Render Image button, a dialog window will open asking you to select the location to save to.

If a View is connected to a Settings Preset, then the Settings Preset will override the global settings. This means you can potentially batch Render individual images out to specific locations.

If Automatic Naming is enabled in the Visual Settings – Output tab, then each View will be appended with the name of that View. Again, if a View is linked to a Settings Preset, this may be applied individually.

Clicking the arrow next to the Render Images button reveals the Render Mono Panoramas and Render Stereo Panoramas buttons. These  will export panoramas from Views. These Panoramas then become available in the Upload Management – Panoramas dialog.

If you want to delete a view, that has to be done from within Archicad. In Archicad you can delete a View by opening the Archicad View Map panel, and then right clicking on the View you would like to delete, and select Delete from that menu.

You will receive a warning message informing you that this process is not reversible and to confirm deletion.