View Menu Commands

The View menu allows you to display and hide various items on your screen, configure the viewport layout, and show or hide various tabs. You can also save custom layouts.

Commands in the View > Interface Layout menu pertain to the appearance of your interface. Here you can save or delete your own custom layouts, and restore session or factory layouts. The sub-commands are divided into sections:

The top section allows you to choose one of three built-in interface layouts: Basic, Advanced, or Classic.

The bottom section contains commands that allow you save, add or delete your own custom layout arrangements. The layouts you create will be added or removed from the list of available layouts in the View > Interface Layout menu:

• Select Layout: Allows you to choose one of several predefined layouts, including those you have created and saved yourself. The screen contains a drop-down menu that selects a default layout. The Layout options define the tabs that appear by default. A preview of each layout appears in the wizard screen as you select an option from the drop-down menu. After you make your selection, click on Apply to accept the changes.
  
  
• Save Layout As: Opens the Save Layout dialog, which prompts you to locate a folder and assign a name to your new style.
• Delete Layout: If custom layouts appear in your Interface Layout menu, use the Delete Layout command to select the items you want to delete from the menu.

Commands in the View > Interface Style menu allow you to choose one of several interface color schemes. You can also save your own custom styles, delete styles, and customize the background and accent colors of the DAZ Studio interface to suit your own preference.

• Select Style: Choose this command to select the interface color scheme that you want to use. The Style Selection screen displays various options for interface and text colors. The default style is Nouveau, but there are a variety of interface color options, including interface color options that are similar to those used in Carrara, Hexagon, and DAZ Studio classic. Previews of the color selections appear beneath the drop-down menu. After you make your selection, click on Apply to accept the changes.
  
  
• Save Style As: After you create your own interface style, choose View > Interface Style > Save Style As. The Save Style dialog prompts you to locate a folder and assign a name to the new style. By default, DAZ Studio saves the new styles to the DAZ Studio > scripts folder.
• Delete Style: If custom styles appear in your Interface Style menu, the Delete Styles command allows you to select the items you want to delete from the menu.
• Customize Colors: Opens the Customize Interface Colors dialog, which allows you to choose Background, Text, and Accent colors for your interface.

Commands in the View > Viewport Layout menu allow you to view your scene using up to four viewports at once. You will see a list of available viewport layout options, shown in the following figure. Click your desired selection and the viewport layout will immediately change accordingly.

The View > Tabs submenu allows you to customize the DAZ Studio interface by toggling various tabs on and off. If a tab is hidden, click the tab name to show it, and vice-versa. A checkmark appears next to each visible tab.

• Select View > Tabs > Surfaces to show or hide the Surfaces Tab. A checkmark appears next to this option when the tab is on and disappears when the tab is off.
• Select View > Tabs > Content to show or hide the Content Tab. A checkmark appears next to this option when the tab is on and disappears when the tab is off.
• Select View > Tabs > View to show or hide the View Tab. A checkmark appears next to this option when the tab is on and disappears when the tab is off.
• Select View > Tabs > Scene to show or hide the Scene Tab. A checkmark appears next to this option when the tab is on and disappears when the tab is off.
• Select View > Tabs > Parameters to show or hide the Parameters Tab. A checkmark appears next to this option when the tab is on and disappears when the tab is off.
• Select View > Tabs > Timeline to show or hide the Timeline Tab, which allows you to set and control animation within DAZ Studio. A checkmark appears next to this option when the tab is on and disappears when the tab is off.
• Choose View > Tabs > Help to show or hide the Help tab, which provides links to download or view the most recent updates on the DAZ Studio documentation.
• Choose View > Tabs > Render to open the Render Settings dialog.
• Choose View > New at DAZ to show or hide the latest news, weekly freebie, and releases available at DAZ.
• Choose View > Tabs > Align to open the Align tab, which allows you to align selected elements along any combination of the X, Y and/or Z Axes.
• Choose View > Tabs > Tool to open the Tool Tab, which provides command options for the PowerPose Tab.
• Choose View > Tabs > D-Form to display options that allow you to create and manipulate D-Formers, nodes, and splines.
• Choose View > Tabs > PowerPose to open the PowerPose Tab, which provides a visual method of posing your figures.
• Choose View > Tabs > Puppeteer to open the Puppeteer tab, which allows you to edit, preview, and record Puppeteer animated poses.

NOTE! Other tabs may appear at the bottom of the View menu if you have installed DAZ original or third party plug-ins. See the documentation for these plug-ins for additional information.