Getting Started

7 • ARENA VISUAL DESIGNER
containers, each containing a previously saved view of the scene. Selecting Save
View will save the current camera view in either orthogonal or perspective mode. See
the Views section on page 150 for additional details.
When you have completed your configuration and are ready to start your 3D
animation, select the Go button from the toolbar, and each container will show the
animation from its unique view.
Visual Designer projects that contain a Scene window, but do not have a Views
Config defined will display the 3D animation during runtime using the current view
of the Scene window.
Editor Explorer
The Editor Explorer tool window provides a hierarchical listing (using the tree view
control) of the active window’s content. This window is context-sensitive based on
the current active window. There are four main types of Editor Explorer views based
on the active editor: Scene, Dashboard, Views Config, and Style Classes.
If there is no editor open and active for a project, the Editor Explorer displays a gray
text message, “There is currently no data to display.”
Project Explorer
The Project Explorer tool window provides a hierarchical listing (using a tree view
control) of the project file’s content. It can be used for opening or adding new
Dashboard or Scene windows and for controlling the current active editor window.
When the project is opened as either a 3D Project type or a 3D and Dashboard Project
type, the tree structure for this explorer is divided into three main folder areas:
Dashboards, Graphic Files and the Scene. Nested beneath the Scene object are one
Style Classes folder and one Views Config object. All Style Classes, regardless of
type (entity, resource, and so on) will be listed alphabetically in this folder.
When only a Dashboard Project type is opened, the Scene entries will not be
displayed.
Dashboard instances, graphic files and scene objects for each project are managed
from the Project Explorer tool window and are listed in alphabetical order within
each section, as in the example below.
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