Workspace Tour

Scene Editor is a single-page workspace. Everything happens inside one screen made of a header, a ribbon, and up to four panels.

Scene Editor workspace with a model selected, the Object Properties pane on the right, and the Timeline panel open below the viewport

The Scene Editor workspace with an object selected, the Object Properties pane, and the Timeline panel open.

Layout

Area	Where	What it is for
Header	Top row	Scene name, organization, save status, profile menu
Ribbon	Below the header	All editing commands, grouped by task
Hierarchy	Left panel	The tree of every object in the scene
Viewport	Center	The 3D view where you look at and move objects
Object Properties	Right panel, optional	Detailed settings of the selected object
Timeline	Bottom panel, optional	Animation timelines and audio

The Hierarchy, Object Properties, and Timeline panels can be resized by dragging the thin divider between them and the viewport. Scene Editor remembers the sizes you choose in this browser.

The header. The cloud icon shows the save status. From left to right:

Altoura logo. Click it to open the Altoura Dashboard in a new tab.
Scene name. Double-click it to rename the scene. Press Enter to keep the new name or Esc to cancel. Names can be up to 50 characters.
Organization badge. Shows which organization owns the scene. It is for information only.
Save status icon. A cloud icon that shows the state of your work. Hover over it to read the state.
Profile picture. Opens the profile menu. See Profile and Pair Device.

Save icon	Meaning
Green check	`Saved`. Everything is stored. If Auto Save is off it reads `Auto-save off`.
Spinner	`Saving…`
Red mark	`Unsaved changes` or `Save failed`. Save manually.

Tabs

Directly under the header is a tab strip:

Scene Editor is always available and shows the scene-level ribbon.
A second tab named after the selected object appears when you select something. It shows the object ribbon. Clicking Scene Editor while an object is selected clears the selection.

Ribbon: Scene Editor

Scene Editor ribbon with nothing selected, showing the Undo, File, Insert, Animation, Scene, and Help groups

The ribbon when nothing is selected. Each group has a caption under its buttons.

Group	Buttons	What they do
Undo	Undo, Redo	Undo or redo your last change. The buttons are disabled when there is nothing to undo or redo. Up to 30 changes are kept.
File	Auto Save On / Auto Save Off, Save, Save As, New	Auto Save switches automatic saving on or off. Save saves the scene. Save As saves a copy under a new name and opens it in a new tab. New creates a blank scene.
Insert	3D Objects	Opens the object picker so you can search your organization’s asset library and add a model to the scene.
Animation	Timeline	Shows or hides the Timeline panel.
Scene	Properties	Opens Scene Properties, where you set lighting and camera clip distances.
Help	Support, Documentation	Support shows the support email address. Documentation opens this guide in a new tab.

On narrow windows the File group collapses into a single File dropdown, and scroll arrows appear at the ends of the ribbon.

Ribbon: Selected Object

Ribbon with a model selected, showing Position, Rotation, Scale, Collider, Material, Settings, Actions, Animation, and Object Properties groups

The ribbon when a model is selected.

Group	Controls	Notes
Undo	Undo, Redo	Undo or redo your last change. The buttons are disabled when there is nothing to undo or redo. Up to 30 changes are kept.
Position, Rotation, Scale	X, Y, Z number fields; a lock button next to Scale	Position is the object’s location on the X, Y, and Z axes. Rotation is its rotation around each axis in degrees. Scale is its size along each axis, where 1 is the original size. Type exact values into the fields. The lock keeps the three scale values proportional. Scale is hidden for the Initial User Position.
Collider	Dropdown: None, Box, Sphere, Capsule	Sets the invisible shape used to detect collisions with the object. Box is a cube, Sphere is a ball, and Capsule is a cylinder with rounded ends. The shape does not need to match the mesh exactly. Choose None to remove the collider.
Animation	Takes dropdown, Animate checkbox	Controls the animation clips that were imported with the model. Takes selects which clip plays, and Animate turns playback on or off. Shown only when the root object of a model that contains its own animation clips is selected, not for the parts inside it.
Material	Color swatch	Defines how the object’s surface is rendered. Click the swatch to set the color and opacity, apply a texture, and control how many times the texture repeats (tiling) and where it starts (offset). Shown only for objects with their own material.
Settings	Environment Object, Teleportable, Mesh Renderer checkboxes	Object flags used by trainings. Mesh Renderer appears only for objects with a material.
Actions	Delete, Visibility	Delete removes the object and all of its children. Visibility shows or hides the object in the scene. Hidden state is saved with the scene, and hiding a parent hides all of its children.
Animation	Timeline	Show or hide the Timeline panel.
Object Properties	Properties	Show or hide the Object Properties pane.

Fields turn blue when the property is animated in the open timeline and red while recording. Transform fields are disabled during timeline playback.

Hierarchy Panel

The left panel lists every object in the scene as a tree that shows which objects are children of which. Selecting an object here also selects it in the viewport, and the other way round. Use the panel to search, rename, hide, reorder, and nest objects by dragging one onto another. See Objects and Hierarchy.

Viewport

The center area shows the scene in 3D. Orbit, pan, and zoom the camera to view the scene from any angle, and click an object to select it. Toolbars in the top corners hold the move, rotate, and scale tools and the snapping settings. The axis widget in the bottom-right corner jumps the camera to standard views such as top or front. See Viewport and Placement.

Object Properties Pane

The right panel shows every editable property of the selected object: Transform, Pivot, Collider, Animation, Material, and Object Settings. Open or close it with the Properties button in the object ribbon. See Object Properties.

Timeline Panel

The bottom panel lists the scene’s timelines and opens an editor for the one you choose, where you record and play back animations. Open or close it with the Timeline button in the ribbon. See Timelines and Animation.

Drag and Drop

You can add files and organize objects by dragging them.

Drag	Drop on	Result
A `.glb` file from your computer	The viewport	Uploads the model to your library and places it at the drop point
A `.png`, `.jpg`, or `.jpeg` file	The Material popover in the ribbon, or the Texture field in Object Properties	Uploads the image and applies it as the object’s texture. Asks before replacing an existing texture.
An `.mp3`, `.wav`, or `.ogg` file	The tracks area of a timeline	Adds an audio clip at the drop time
An object in the Hierarchy	Another object	Makes it a child of that object. The child moves, rotates, and scales with its parent.
An object in the Hierarchy	The Drop here to move to root zone	Removes it from its parent and places it at the top level of the scene. A part dragged out of an imported model becomes a standalone object.
Several selected objects in the Hierarchy	Another object or the root zone	Reparents all of them at once

Dropping a file anywhere else on the page does nothing. The editor blocks the browser from navigating away.

Notifications

Short messages appear at the top center of the screen for saves, uploads, errors, and similar events. They disappear on their own.

Get Started

Using Scene Editor

Account & Reference

Layout

Header

Tabs

Ribbon: Scene Editor

Ribbon: Selected Object

Hierarchy Panel

Viewport

Object Properties Pane

Timeline Panel

Drag and Drop

Notifications

​Layout

​Header

​Tabs

​Ribbon: Scene Editor

​Ribbon: Selected Object

​Hierarchy Panel

​Viewport

​Object Properties Pane

​Timeline Panel

​Drag and Drop

​Notifications

Layout

Header

Tabs

Ribbon: Scene Editor

Ribbon: Selected Object

Hierarchy Panel

Viewport

Object Properties Pane

Timeline Panel

Drag and Drop

Notifications