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title: "Opening Scene Files"
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This page provides a quick starting point on how to open supported scene files in Chaos Vantage. Overview Scene files can be opened in Chaos Vantage in several ways through the Chaos Vantage Home screen or inside the Vantage application. Vantage supports the following scene formats - *.vrscene, *.vrmesh, *.ply, *.obj, *.abc, *.usd, *.usdc, *.usda, *.usdz, *.fbx, *.3ds, *.stl, *.ter, *.dae, *.gltf, and *.glb. When loading a scene, if the assets (textures, proxies) are missing from their original paths or the scene folder, Chaos Vantage looks for them next to where the .vrscene file is in a folder that has one of the following names: assets, maps, proxy, textures, vray_proxy Want to follow along but don’t have a license? Chaos Vantage Home The following options open files through the Chaos Vantage Home screen: Open scene Click the  Open scene  button. Then in the  Open scene file  window, select a scene file and click  Open . or New scene Click the  New scene  button to open an empty file with a default texture environment. or Double-click thumbnail Double-click on any scene  thumbnail  in the  Recents  or  Sample scenes  tabs. or Drag-n-drop Drag-n-drop the scene file directly into Chaos Vantage Home.   Chaos Vantage The following options open files inside the Chaos Vantage application: Menu: File > Open Scene In the menu bar, click  File > Open Scene . Then in the open window, select the scene file and click  Open . or Menu: File > New Scene In the menu bar, click  File > New Scene  to open an empty file with a default texture environment. or Drag-n-drop Drag-n-drop the scene file directly into Chaos Vantage. Click  Open  in the  Open or merge scene?  dialog window and it automatically renders the scene. Additionally up to 10 recently opened scenes can be quickly accessed via  File > Recent Files . Just choose the appropriate scene from the list.