Resource Preview

The Resource Preview pane allows you to view a fully rendered Resources object before you place it in the world. You can move the object within the preview using the same Arcball or Maya navigation that you use within the Design View. In addition, you can change the object’s render mode and perspective.

To preview an object:

  1. Open the Resource Preview pane.
  2. Open the Resources list pane.
  3. Within the Resources list, navigate to the object that you want to preview. You can use the Details or Thumbnail view within the Resources list to determine which object you want to select. For example, select the rock03.atgi resource within the \Rocks folder.
  4. Within the Resources list, select an ATGI object. The selected object appears fully rendered in the Resource Preview pane. For example, for the rock03.atgi resource, the Resource Preview displays the rendered rock, as shown in the figure below.

 

 

You can right-click within the Resource Preview pane to alter the render mode (solid, wireframe, textured, rendered with back faces, or lit) and the view (front, back, top, bottom, left, right, or perspective) for the previewed object. These selections apply to the Resource Preview pane only, and do not affect the render mode or view within the Design View.