User Interface

Omniverse Create features a modern style interface allowing the user to customize their interface based on the task at hand. The image above represents a typical (default) layout. This section is intended to give you a clear understanding of the interface elements and their intended purpose.

Menu Bar

In Omniverse Create, the menu bar refers to the topmost set of menus in the main interface. This menu is stationary and is always available and located across the top of the interface and includes the File, Edit, Create and other critical menus.

File Menu

The file menu offers access to file operations both locally and on your Nucleus.

Menu Items	Action
Connect	Open Sign In Menu to connect to Omniverse
Disconnect	Disconnect from Omniverse
New	Creates a new empty USD stage
Open	Open a USD stage via File Dialog
Open Recent	Lists recently opened USD Files
Reopen	Reloads the currently open USD File
Save	Save the current stage
Save As…	Save the current stage as a new file
Exit	Closes Omniverse Create

Edit Menu

Menu Items	Action
Undo	Reverts your changes, newest to oldest
Redo	Reverts your most recent change
Duplicate	Make a copy of the referenced asset, without layer changes, to current selected layer
Duplicate All Layers	Make a copy of the referenced asset, with all layer changes, to their own layer
Duplicate Collapsed	Combine changes from all layers, disconnect the reference relationship and make a new object on current selected layer
Select All	Selects all assets in your scene
Select None	Deselects all assets in the scene
Select Invert	Selects all assets that are not selected and disables selection on all selected assets
Group Selected	Puts all selected assets into a group container
Delete	Delete the entity that is currently selected in the stage
Focus	Positions the viewport, centered on the selected mesh
Toggle Visibility	Hides / Shows selected items in the viewport
Unhide All	Returns all hidden assets to visible in your scene
Hide Unselected	Hides all assets that are not selected
Toggle Visualization Mode	Toggles between standard visualization mode and de-clutter visualization mode
Capture Screenshot	Takes a screen capture
Preferences	Opens a tab (typically next to the Content Browser) containing settings for Omniverse

Create Menu

Menu Items	Action
Geometry	Allows Adding Primitives to the Stage
Cube	Adds a Cube Primitive
Sphere	Adds a Sphere Primitive
Cylinder	Adds a Cylinder Primitive
Capsule	Adds a Capsule Primitive
Cone	Adds a Cone Primitive
Light	Allows Creation of Lights
Distant Light	Adds a Directional Distant light (ie: Sun)
Disk Light	Adds a Directional Light based on a Disk Shape
Rect Light	Adds a Directional Light based on a Rectangle Shape
Dome Light	Adds an Hemispherical Omnidirectional Light
Sphere Light	Adds an Spherical Omnidirectional Light
Camera	Add a camera to the stage
Xform	Add a (null) locator to the stage

Window Menu

This item’s submenu lists all UI panel elements and allows user to add a panel of the selected type to the UI. The new panel is instantiated as a floating panel and the user can then dock it

Menu Items	Action
Details	Shows the detail information about a selection
Test Runner	Add a light to the stage
Console	Feedback area
Content	A file browser for your Omniverse server
Layers	A panel showing the layer structure of your USD File
Script Editor	An input window for scripting
Stage	The 3D viewport
Toolbar	Main Tools Window (Move/Rotate/etc.)
Viewport	Main Visualization Display Window
Render Settings	The settings panel for controlling rendered output
Movie Capture	Frame Capture Tools
Profiler	Performance Statistics Window
Extension Manager	Enable/Disable Additional Tools/Packages for Omniverse Create
UI Style	Light/Dark Display Modes
UI Visibility	Toggles UI Display On/Off
Full Screen	Toggle UI and Maximizes Viewport

Help Menu

Menu Items	Action
Reference Guide	Opens the Reference Guide for Omniverse Create
Python Scripting Manual	WIP
Provide Feedback	Opens a dialogue box with an email to contact us about feedback
Xform	Shows the build number for the current
About	version of the Omniverse Create and currently loaded plug-ins

Viewport

1. Viewport Settings

2. Camera Selection

3. Shading Mode

4. Element Visibility

5. Current Layer

Viewpoint settings

Option	Usage
Viewport Settings	Resets settings found in the panel to their default values
Camera Speed	When in fly mode, how fast does the camera move
Gamepad Camera Controller	Enables Gamepad for camera control
Grid Color	The color of the grid lines
Selection Color	The color for selected entities
Selection Width	How large the selection box is
Bounding Box	Color of bounding box
Gizmo Constant Scale	Scale of Gizmos using Constant
Gizmo Global Scale	Scale of Gizmos using Global
Gizmo Style	Use 2D or 3D icons
Bind Camera to Gamepad	Connects the viewport to the gamepad input
Render Resolution Multiplier	Allows you to up/downres your based off Render Resolution.
Render Resolution	Base Render Resolution

Selected Camera

• Perspective

• Top

• Front

• Right

Shading Mode

• RTX Realtime

• RTX Path-traced

• Iray Photoreal

• Iray Interactive

Show / Hide (Visibility) Menu (Video)

Wether on-screen assets or HUD elements, this menu gives users the ability to quickly show and hide a variety of elements.

Axis Indicator

Informs the user about the world orientation

FPS Indicator

Informs the user about the current framerate

Current Layer Indicator

Informs the user about the layer currently selected

Resolution Indicator

Displays the current resolution.

Transform Gizmo

Gizmo for transforms on the USD

Selection Outline

Outlines the currently selected entity or group of entities

Viewport Widgets

General Usage

• Operates in World or Local space

• Free move, constrained to a plane, constrained to an axis

• Incremental adjustments via snap settings

Translate

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• User can adjust position on a constrained axis by selecting 1 of the 3 axis controls

• User can can adjust position by selecting 1 of the 3 plane controls(squares)

• User can free move in screen space by grabbing the centroid of the widget

Rotation

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• User can adjust rotation on a constrained axis by selecting 1 of the 3 axis controls

• User can free move in screen space by grabbing the centroid of the widget

Scale

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• User can adjust non-uniform scale on a constrained axis by selecting 1 of the 3 axis controls

• User can uniformly scale by grabbing the centroid of the widget

Tool Bar

Icon	Menu Item	Action
/	Select (Model / Primitive)	Allows user to pick select and object in the viewport. This is also the default viewport mouse behavior.
/	Move (Global / Local)	Instantiates a user widget that allows user to move a selected object or group of objects
	Rotate (Global / Local)	Instantiates a user widget that allows user to rotate a selected object or group of objects
	Scale	Instantiates a user widget that allows user to scale a selected object or group of objects
	Snap (enable/disable)	Sets snapping to specified increments or surface snap.
	Select Mode	Toggles transform widgets between local and global translation modes
	Play	Start an animation
	Stop	Stop an animation

Note

Tools with a small triangle below their icon denotes additional options are available by right clicking the icon.

Snap Tool

The snap tool allows the user to “snap” to specific increments for exact rotations and alignments. To enable or disable snap, simply click the toolbar icon to toggle it back and forth. To edit the settings of the snap, simply right click the icon to set.

Snap Rollout

When you right click the Snap Tool, the Snap rollout appears.

Option	Result
Snap Settings	Opens the Settings Panel (See Below)
Increment Snap	When Snap to Increment is selected the increments used in Snap Settings are Used.
Face Snap	When Snap to Face is selected the selected object will snap to nearby faces.

Snap Settings

These options are relative only to Incremental Snap Mode and define the distance of each snap “jump”.

Option	Result
x/y/z Position	The number of units in Centimeters to use for Incrementing Snap Position
x/y/z Rotation	The number of degrees to use for Incrementing Snap Rotation
Scale	The number of scalar value to use for Incrementing Snap Scale

Note: The snap tool in Omniverse is a relative snapping tool. This means that the snap will be incremental to whatever your current position/rotation/scale is. For example, if you have an object rotated 1 degree then set snapping on for 90 degree increments, the rotation will be 91, 181, 271, etc.

Tabs

Tabbed windows can be docked anywhere in the user interface (UI)

1. Panel Being Dragged (See Note Below)

2. Panels Original location

3. Acceptable Docking Location(s)

Note

A tab can be “torn-off” and moved to another panel or window by click-hold-drag on the tabs title-bar and dragging it to another location or UI pane.

Grab Handles

A grab handle in the UI designates something that can be adjusted by the user

1. Grab Handle

Grab Handles are “invisible” UI Element dividers that, when rolled over, will illuminate and can be click-dragged. This allows for UI customization especially helpful in managing window content.

Note

Sliding is restricted to horizontal or vertical only.

Console

Menu Items	Action
Clear Log	Clears the log window
Log Window	This is where Omniverse Create feeds back useful information to the user
Command Entry	Users put in commands here - Supplies command argument information to the user - Supports command history

Utilities

The utilities Top-Menu allows access to some useful and specialized features and toggles.

Note

If this menu is not visible, be sure to enable the omni.utils.utilities_menu extension in Window > Extension Manager.

Prim Exporter

Prim exporter allows you to export a primitive from a model and store it in a directory of your choosing.

Option	Result
Output Directory	Displays the location selected for output.
Select Folder	Opens a browser allowing selection of export location.
Use Current	Use the directory your file is currently stored in.
Save as Single Asset	If multiple prims are exported, this option allows them to be combined into one asset.

Toggles

Toggle Wireframe Mode

Enables and Disables wireframe rendering on selected objects. When an object is drawn in wireframe mode, the material is still applied to the visible wireframe of the object. The thickness of the wireframe lines can be controlled with a setting in the Common Rendering Settings window called ‘Wireframe Thickness’ (in Debug View section)

Toggle Cast Shadows

Enables and Disables casting of shadows by the selected objects.

Toggle Matte Objects

Enables and Disables the treatment of an object as a so-called ‘matte’ object. A matte object can be used in AR/XR setups to collect the lighting contributions caused by non-matte objects in the scene. The lighting collected in this way can then be composited with a background plate or video. The matte object itself will not be visible, only the lighting it receives from non-matte objects is.

Toggle Camera Visibility

Enables and Disables the visibility of an object directly to the camera. When an object is not visible to the camera directly it is still reachable through secondary bounces. Therefore such objects will still appear on mirrors and glossy reflections, and contribute to diffuse interactions.

Stage +Y/+Z Up

Sets the global orientation based on either Y Up or Z up.

Update MDL Schema

Upgrades MDL references to use the most current UsdShade MDL schema (version).