Pixyz Review 2022.1 Documentation

File menu

• Reset Project : Reset Pixyz scene
• Open Project : Open .pxz project file
• Save Project : Save .pxz project file
• Save Project As : Save as a new .pxz project file
• Save Selection : Save selection as a new .pxz file
• Import 3D Model : Import 3D/CAD file
• Import Picture : Import Picture 
• A list of the last files imported in your previous projects
• Exit : Exit Pixyz Review

Edit menu

• Undo : Undo last action done. All actions are listed in the "History" panel
• Redo : Redo last action "Undone"
• Copy : Copy selection
• Cut : Cut selection
• Paste : Clone selection.
• Paste without Cloning : Create a new entity while pasting
• Duplicate : Duplicate selection
• Select all : Select all occurrences (hidden and shown)
• Invert Selection : Invert occurrences selection
• Preferences : Open Pixyz REVIEW settings (F9 shortcut)

Material Menu

• Material Library : Opens the Material Editor, containing all materials available in the current project
• Texture Library : Opens the Texture Editor, containing all textures available in the current project

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• Get Realistic Materials : Link to download the Realistic Materials Library offered by Pixyz
• Prepare scene for realistic materials : Apply automatic "Materials & Textures Mapping" on all the occurrences of your scene that doesn't have some

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• Merge Materials : Merge all the equivalent materials with the same attributes (name + characteristic)
• Replace Material : Used to replace a material by another everywhere it is used in the scene
• Select By Material : Selects all occurrences with a given Material Property
• Clean Unused Materials : Delete all the materials & textures that aren't used in the scene to optimize file size

Create Menu

• Create Empty Occurrence : Create a node in the product structure
• Create Occurrence From Selection : Create a group of occurrences from selection

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• Create Light : Create a light (directional, Point, Spot) as occurrences
• Insert Default Light in Tree : Adds the 4 Default Lights, used to light the scene when the lighting mode using the Environment Map is disabled, in the Product Structure, allowing to tune them. Deleting these 4 Default Lights will re-create them out of the Product Structure with their default values. 

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• Create Primitive : Actions to insert simple geometry in the scene (Cube, Plane, Sphere, Cylinder, Cone, Torus) with automatic texture mapping.

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• Create Spawn Point : Create a starting point for VR

Windows menu

• Workspace : Use this menu to manage Workspaces (or windows layout) in Pixyz Review
• Windows : choose the windows to display in Pixyz Review’s interface amongst all available windows

Plugins Menu

When you've install a plugin, its actions and tools will appear in the Menu bar

Help Menu

The Help Menu allows to access documentation, samples, manage Pixyz Review's license and contact Pixyz :

• Open Documentation : You are there!
• Download 3D Model Samples from Pixyz website
• License Manager : Manage your license (license request, license installation, connection to your Pixyz account, …)
• Export Log File : In case for debbug
• Languages : Choose Pixyz Review's display language among English (default), Japanese and Chinese. Language change requires to restart the software.
• Check For Update : Automatically checks available update for Pixyz Review
• Visit Pixyz Help Desk : To contact us
• Visit Pixyz Website
• About : About Pixyz Review software (Version & licence)

Import scene

Import file in Pixyz

Save project

Save the scene to a .pxz project

Reset Scene

Clear and reset Pixyz scene

 Material library

Open the Material library

Optimize

Automatically optimize your scene for VR