Scene Objects

Last updated 5 August 2026

The Scene Objects window lists everything in the scene as a tree.

It is where surfaces, displays, projectors and cameras are created and organised into groups. A group holds a complete scene — all its surfaces, displays and projectors — so several independent scenes can live in one project as separate groups.

Selecting an object here shows its settings in the Inspector.

Adding objects

Click + (Add scene object) at the top of the window, or right-click empty space in the Scene View. The object is created inside the group you add it to.

Entry	Creates
Display ▸	A screen driven directly by a GPU output — pick a shape from the submenu
Projection Surface ▸	A surface projected onto — same shape submenu
Projector	A virtual projector
Camera	A virtual camera
Projection Setup Wizard ▸	A surface plus several projectors in one step, with presets for panorama and curved screens
Calibrator Lite	A Calibrator Lite calibration. A plane screen surface in the same group is detected automatically
Viewer Position	A viewpoint the scene can be judged from
Scene Group	A new group — a self-contained scene
Transform Group	A group that transforms its children together
Label	A text label in the scene
Saved View	A stored camera position you can return to

Shapes

Display and Projection Surface offer the same shapes. Each opens a submenu with its dimensions and a Create button, so the object is made at the right size rather than resized afterwards.

Shape	Set on creation
Flat	Size (width and height). Tessellation is derived from the aspect ratio
Curved	Height, diameter, opening angle
Dome	Diameter, upper and lower border angle
Disc	Diameter
Cube	Dimensions
Sphere	Diameter
Torus	Dimensions
Import model	Loads geometry from a file — the model brings its own UV mapping, stored as the surface's default mapping

The menu names differ from the older reference pages for the same shapes: Flat is the plane, Curved the cylinder, and Import model the imported 3D model.

Right-click on an object

Entry	Does
Duplicate	Copies the object
Delete	Removes it
Video Routing	Routes this display or projector to an output without leaving the tree
Projection Setup	Builds a projection setup from the selected surface
Calibrator Lite…	Adds a Calibrator Lite calibration for it

A Saved View carries its own entries — Recall to jump to it, Update to overwrite it with the current view, and Set as Default or Set as Active to control which view the scene opens with.

Object settings

Settings appear in the Inspector when an object is selected. What is offered depends on the object type.

Selected	Sections
A surface or display	Properties, Transformation, UI, and where applicable Output and Camera
A group	Properties, Transformation, Projection Setup, User Interface Settings, Performance, Blending, Shadow, Test Images, Environment, Output Settings

The group sections are covered on (Main) Group; the per-object ones on the pages for each object type.

Dropping an asset into the scene

Dragging an asset onto empty space in the scene view asks Create a display or surface? and builds the object around that asset. The same prompt appears when a video channel is dropped there.

Common Mistakes

An object is created in the wrong group — the + adds to the group it belongs to. Add from the group you want it in, or move it afterwards.
Looking for "Plane" or "Cylinder" in the menu — they are named Flat and Curved when creating.
The shape is created before its size is entered — each shape submenu has its own Create button. Set the dimensions first; the button is what makes the object.

Inspector — where the selected object's settings appear

Scene View — the 3D view these objects appear in

(Main) Group — group-level settings

Create Scene for Projection, optionally Stereoscopic — building a scene step by step