Merging Files

Use

You can show several visualizations at the same time by merging the same file or different files into the current scene.

You can also add a backplate to the scene. This is a 2D image that serves as a background to the scene, and can be saved with the file. The backplate is placed in the 2D layer in the Scene tree.

Activities

Merging a File

  1. Open the file into which you wish to merge another file and modify the import options of the file

  2. Right-click the file that you want to merge in the File list, drag it into the current scene, and select Drop into 3D Scene. The viewport displays the two files. If you modified the import options, one file displays the original settings and the second file displays the new settings.

Merging a File into the 2D Layer of the Scene

  1. Open the file into which you wish to merge another file and modify the import options

  2. Right-click the file that you want to merge in the File list and drag it into the current scene, and select Drop onto 2D Layer.

Adding a Backplate

Open the file into which you wish to merge another file, right-click the file that you want to use as a backplate in the Backplates list, drag it into the current scene, and choose As Backplate.