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[edit] Scenes

It is also possible to have several scenes within the same Blender file (to understand what this means, please have a look to the Blender's Library and Data System).

Scenes may use one another's objects or be completely separate from one another. You can select and create scenes with the SCE menu buttons in the User Preferences Window header (Screen and Scene selectors).

[edit] Scenes configuration

[edit] Adding a new Scene

You can add a new scene by clicking () and selecting ADD NEW. When you create a new scene, you can choose between four options to control its contents (Add Scene menu):

• Empty creates an empty scene.
• Link Objects creates the new scene with the same contents as the currently selected scene. Changes in one scene will also modify the other.
• Link ObData creates the new scene based on the currently selected scene, with links to the same meshes, materials, and so on. This means that you can change objects' positions and related properties, but modifications to the meshes, materials, and so on will also affect other scenes unless you manually make single-user copies.
• Full Copy creates a fully independent scene with copies of the currently selected scene's contents.

[edit] Deleting a Scene

You can delete a scene by using the Delete datablock button () and confirm by clicking Delete current scene to the pop dialog box. See (Screen and Scene selectors).