- File Path field
- Displays the path to the file. This field is displayed in red if the linked file can no longer be found. Click to open the browser to locate a moved file, or to replace the currently displayed scene with another one.
- Cache button
- Click to copy all of the scene files locally to Action, in order to perform an archive, for example.
- Refresh button
- Click to update the Scene node with the content of the linked file. Use this if the file has been updated since its import.
- Scene Scale field
- Displays the factor by which to scale the scene. Does not scale the camera if it has already been extracted using the Extract Camera button. Editable.
- Sort box
- Select how the 3D models contained in the scene are drawn.
Select: To: Sort Off Not apply any sorting. Sort All Sort all objects according to the Z-order and the order of the object group (Material ID). Sort Transparency Give transparent objects lower priority than opaque parts, to solve transparency issues if the scene contains semi-transparent 3D models.
- Force 2-Sided button
- Enable to have lights in the scene light both the inside and outside of the geometry (when shading is turned on).
- Smooth Angle button
- Enable to override existing normals in the geometry, then use the Smooth Angle field to change the value.
- Smooth Angle field
- Displays the angle at which the edges of normals become hard. Changes to this field only affect the shading of the displacement, and not the shape. Editable.
- Timing field
- Displays the scale of the geometry animation. Editable.
- Offset field
- Displays the offset applied to the animation curve. Editable.
- Shadow Casting box
- Select how the selected geometry object is affected by a Shadow Cast object in the scene. See Surface and Geometry Shadow Casters.