Create, Select, & Update a View

Overview

In Enscape it is possible to create and save pre-defined Views and then link those Views to a Settings Preset that have been Saved to the Project.

The basic procedure to create a view is:

Choose the camera view position in the Enscape Viewport
Position the sun (optional)
Click the Create View button

You will find the Create View button located in the View Management area of the Enscape Viewport toolbar. This means that you must have Enscape running and the Enscape Viewport in focus.

If you want to delete a view, that has to be done from within Archicad.

The View Management button in the Enscape Viewport UI

The View Management Panel

Once you have clicked the View Management button, the associated panel will open where you will see a Search field, 2 View categories; Favorites and Untitled (the second being a dynamic category that is replaced with the open CAD project name), and the Create View button.

The View Management panel open in the Enscape viewport

Create View in Enscape

You can create a View directly in Enscape or via Archicad. What follows is the method for achieving this directly in Enscape, and the methods for achieving this in Archicad.

You have decided on a position in your project you would like to create a View from. Once you have also set any camera specific settings or Visual Settings, including applying styles to the projects geometry in Archicad, click the Create button. This will open the Create View panel where you will be prompted to provide the CAD View Name, as well as optionally Mark the View as a Favorite, and use the Linked Visual Preset option, which is discussed here. You can also save the Sun Position, as well as Update the View The later options can also be edited and applied at a later date.

Giving the View a CAD Name

If you haven’t named the View, the Create button will not be available. So, name the View first which will allow you to click the Create button to save your first View in Enscape.

Giving the View a CAD Name

Click the left pointing arrow / chevron located to the left of Edit View to go back to View Management panel. Or, click the X to the right of Edit View to close down the View Management panel altogether.

Create View options

How to Create a View in Archicad

Along with the method to create a View within Enscape you can also create a View from within Archicad using the native tools there.

To create a VIew using the Archicad UI, open a project in Archicad and make sure you have a 3D View open (Perspective or Axonometry). Enable the Live Update and Synchronize Views in Enscape and set up the View you want to create in either the Archicad or the Enscape viewport.

In the Archicad Navigator panel, make sure you have View Map selected, which should only list the name of the currently open project.

The Navigator View button in Archicad

To now create a View, click the Save Current View from the icons at the bottom of the View Map panel.

You will then be presented with a new window named ‘Save View’. By default the name of the view is set to By Project Map and you will not be able to rename your view. Change this to Custom and you will be able to rename your view. Once done, click the Create button at the bottom right corner of the Save View window.

3D Projection Settings

The window will then close and your newly created view will be listed in Archicad’s View Map panel, as well as in the Enscape View Management panel.

You can set the initial Time of Day for a View by right clicking on the view in the View Map panel and selecting the 3D Projection Settings option in the menu.

Once you click OK, the project will update and you will see these changes in the Enscape window.

It is then also possible to independently adjust the Time of Day within Enscape using the Right Mouse button+Shift+left/right mouse drag. But, that change will not be saved to the View that is listed in Archicad View Map panel, unless you set the 3D Projection Settings for the Perspective / Axonometry globally.

Perspective Settings widnow in Archicad

Select & Update a View in Archicad

You can select a View in Archicad from either the CAD’s View Map dialog, or from Enscape’s View Management dialog.

It is worth noting that when selecting the View from the View Map dialog, if Synchronize Views is disabled in Enscape, then only the Viewport in Archicad will update.

Select a View in Archicad

This is not the case if selecting the View from Enscape’s View Management panel, where having Synchronize View disabled will result in Enscape smoothly panning between the Named Views, as well as the View ‘snapping’ to the selected View in the Archicad viewport. If Synchronize Views is enabled, then the View will also ‘snap’ in the Enscape window, just like it will in the Acrhicad Viewport.

To update a View in Archicad, make the adjustment to the view in Archicad, select View Settings button, and from the dialog select Get Current Window’s Settings button to be found at the top of the View Settings dialog and then click OK. This should update the View in both Archicad and Enscape.

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