Scene Layouts and Views

The workspace can be divided into multiple scenes that contain different views of the objects contained within each scene. A scene can also be divided into multiple views, or segments, that display multi-planar reformats or a 3D view of the objects contained in the scene.

The layout of the scenes in the workspace, as well as the layout of the views in a scene, can be selected in the Layout panel on the Main tab.

Layout panel

Colored separators indicate the border between scenes in the workspace and between views within a scene. See Selecting the Colors Preferences for information about choosing colors for the scene and scene view separators. See Selecting the Views Preferences for information about selecting the size of the separators.

How to Select a Scene Layout

The Scenes layout buttons allow you to change the number of scenes in the workspace and how they are arranged.

Scene layout options
	Description
	Opens a single scene in the workspace.
	Opens two scenes arranged vertically in the workspace.
	Opens three scenes arranged vertically in the workspace.
	Opens two scenes arranged horizontally in the workspace.
	Opens three scenes arranged horizontally in the workspace.

How to Select a Scene View

The Views layout buttons allow you to select the number of views for a selected scene and how they are arranged.

You can select a default scene view, which will appear by default whenever you start a new session or open a new scene in the workspace (see Selecting the Views Preferences).

Scene views options
	Description
	Displays a single maximized 2D view.
	Splits the selected scene into two equal vertical segments.
	Splits the selected scene into three equal vertical segments.
	Splits the selected scene into two equal horizontal segments.
	Splits the selected scene into three equal horizontal segments.
	Displays a single maximized 3D view.
	Creates a horizontal layout, with the top segment in 3D mode and occupying 67% of the available space and three segments showing reformatted views tiled below for the remaining 33%.
	Creates a vertical layout, with the left segment in 3D mode and occupying 67% of the available space and three segments showing reformatted views tiled to the right for the remaining 33%.
	Tiles the selected scene into four equal segments, with the top left segment in 3D mode and the remaining three segments showing XY, XZ, and YZ reformatted views.
	Tiles the selected scene into four equal segments, with the top right segment in 3D mode and the remaining three segments showing XY, XZ, and YZ reformatted views.