Options Menu

The Options Menu has several options for reloading functionality for references and the displayed information of Prims.

Option	Description
Auto Reload Primitives	Automatically reloads References and Payloads whenever they are detected to be out of date (user will experience a performance hit). See Auto Reload Outdated Prims.
Reload Outdated Primitives	Reloads all outdated References and Payloads on demand. See Reload Outdated Prims.
Reset	Resets the contents of the Stage window to the default collapsed state.
Flat List Search	When this is selected, search results are not in the usual indented tree hierarchy, but in a flat list view
Show Root	Shows the pseudo-root Prim of the Stage, which is usually hidden. This lets you parent a Prim to the pseudo-root by dragging and dropping so that the prim has the same hierarchical level as the default Prim. See Pseudo-Root Prim.
Show Display Names	When enabled, the Name column will use the display name metadata if available instead of the prim name. See Display Name documentation.
Enable Children Reorder	Enables changing the order of sibling Prims by dragging them in the Stage window.
Columns	A Submenu that lets you select the stage columns that are displayed (see section below).

Customizing Columns that are Displayed

The stage shows three columns by default: Name (always shown), Visibility and Type.

Showing All Columns

This is the stage with all of the columns displayed.

#	Column Name	Description
1	Name	The Name of the Prim with the Icon of its Type.
2	Participants	Shows the Participant of a Live session for this Prim, if the Prim is a Camera. See Live Presence for more information
3	Reload	When not in a live session, and changes have been made, this icon appears orange. Press to reload. Auto reload are signified with blue. See here
4	Live	For References and Payloads this shows the Live Session status for this Prim. Press to start or end a Live Session for this Prim. See here and Live Workflow
5	Visibility	Shows/hides the prims in the Viewport. Making a prim invisible causes descendant prims to inherit that state too.
6	Type	Prim Type Name
7	Payload	Uncheck to unload the Payloads. Checked loads the Payloads. See Payload
8	Variant	Show the Variant Sets for this Prim and which Variant is selected of any Set See Variant Set

Live Session Icon

A Payload Prim that is not live. Notice that the Live icon is grey.

After pressing the Live Icon, and a Live Session has started for this Prim, the Live Icon and Prim’s Name text become green.

Outdated Prim Icon

When not in a Live Session, and a Reference or Payload has been modified, the Reload icon and the Prim’s Name text will be orange. Pressing the icon will reload it.