Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2146

■ Saving all scene aspects in a scene state allows you more flexibility when restoring. When you include all the parts of the scene, you can choose to restore all or just a few of the aspects that were originally saved. ■ Additions made to a scene after a scene state has been saved affect how the restored scene will render. For example, say you already have a scene state named Omni that contains omni lights. You then decide to save another scene state named Free Spot that contains a free spot light. When you restore the Omni scene state, the scene will contain both the omni lights and the free spot light. If you decide to add other lights to the scene that you don't want to render with the existing lights, you need to remember to turn off the new lights and overwrite any existing scenes that have Light Properties saved. See Saving Changes to an Existing Scene State on page ? on how to overwrite an existing scene state. ■ Use descriptive names for scene states. If scene state names are too long to see in the dialog, resize the Manage Scene States dialog or use the scroll bar at the bottom of the dialog. If you select individual parts to be saved with a scene state, it is useful to note in the scene state name which parts are recorded. ■ If the scene contains more than one camera, restore the desired scene state first, then change the viewport to the desired camera view. Scene State Limitations ■ Even though you can select multiple scene states from the Manage Scene State dialog, only one scene state can be restored at a time. ■ The currently restored scene state name is not displayed in the user interface. It's helpful to save rendered scenes by their scene state name as a reference. ■ Materials must be reopened in the Material Editor after a scene state containing objects with material assignments is restored. ■ If part of a scene state is later deleted or hidden, a warning does not display when the scene state is restored indicating that there are missing parts or that the scene will not be restored as it was when originally recorded. ■ Likewise, if you delete one or more scene states from the Manage Scene States dialog, you are not presented with a warning that you are about to delete them. However, you can restore deleted scene states with Undo. Scene States | 7401