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title: "Merging and Placing Scene Files"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/LAV/125241759/Merging%20and%20Placing%20Scene%20Files"
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This page provides information on how to merge scenes in Chaos Vantage. Want to follow along but don’t have a license? Options Vantage can combine scenes from different applications exported in various 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 When you drag-and-drop a file in Chaos Vantage, you are presented with a pop-up menu with the following options: Merge/Place filtering  – Filter setting for the drag-n-dropped   file. Cameras  – When enabled, imports the cameras from the drag-n-dropped   file. Geometry  – When enabled, imports the geometry from the drag-n-dropped   file. Lights  – When enabled, imports the lights from the drag-n-dropped   file. Materials  – When enabled, imports the materials from the drag-n-dropped   file. Scene options  – Additional options for the merged/placed scene.  Loop animation  – When enabled, loops the imported animated file from the start. Useful in cases where the timeline length is longer than the animation length. You can disable it again by going into the  Preferences  menu. Do not ask again  – When enabled, stores the currently enabled options and the type of action (Open/Place/Merge) and executes it the next time a file is dragged and dropped .  You can re-enable this pop-up by navigating to the  Preferences  menu . Open  – Opens the drag-n-dropped   file. This entirely overrides the currently opened scene. For more details, check  Opening Scene Files . Place  – Merges the drag-n-dropped   file at the drop position and aligns it to the surface normals. For more details, check  Place Scene . Merge  – Merges the drag-n-dropped   file at the scene origin. For more details, check  Merge Scene . Cancel  – Cancels the merging process. Place Scene Files Placing a file in Chaos Vantage means to merge an additional   file to an already opened one with the ability to position it where you choose. To place a file, drag and drop it into the viewport. While still holding the left mouse button, a red arrow appears that indicates the position and surface normal at which it will be placed and aligned to. If  Shift  is pressed while placing, the surface normal is ignored. Once you release the left button, a pop-up window appears with the  Place  option. Use the  Move ,  Rotate , and  Scale  tools from the top toolbar.     Merge Scene Files Merging a file in Chaos Vantage means merging an additional   file into an already open one and positioning it at the 0,0,0 coordinates. When you drag and drop a file, choose  Merge  from the pop-up window.