Waypoints

Waypoints are markers that represent a camera view which you can create and save in your USD Stage. You can use these markers at any time to easily navigate back to a particular camera view. The Waypoints feature is provided by two Extensions: Waypoints and Waypoint Manager. These Extensions are turned on by default.

What’s in a Waypoint?

Waypoints store more than the location and orientation of a camera view. Everything about a particular shot is stored, camera settings, render mode, render settings…everything! By saving Waypoints to your Stage, you can easily store and save your favorite shots. Later, you can view them and even play through them like a slideshow.

Use Waypoints in the Stage

The Waypoint icon is located at the top right of the Viewport window.

Create Waypoints

Position and orient your stage view to the desired shot.
Left-click the Waypoint icon to create a Waypoint.

Navigate your Waypoints

Waypoints are placed in the location of your camera view. You can navigate through the waypoints in your Stage.

Left-click on the existing Waypoints in your Stage to navigate to them.

Waypoint Filmstrip window

The Waypoint Filmstrip is a floating window that allows you to manage your waypoints.

Open the window

To access the window, right-click on the Waypoint icon:

Navigate your Waypoints

You can navigate through the Waypoints or play them like a slideshow.

Use left anf right arrows to navigate the Waypoints.
Use the middle arrow to play through your Waypoints like a slideshow.

Comment your Waypoints

To comment a Waypoint, press the drop-down arrow below it to reveal a text field.

Edit and delete your Waypoints

To edit or delete a Waypoint, hover over the screenshot and press either the lick or trashcan icon.

Waypoint Filmstrip UI

Ref #	Menu Item	Description
1	Add new Waypoint button	Adds a new Waypoint
2	Waypoint settings button	Opens the Waypoint settings window
3	Waypoint navigation arrows	Use this to navigate and play through Waypoints
4	Waypoint screenshot	Click on this to navigate to a Waypoint
5	Comment drop-down	Click on this to reveal the Waypoint comment textfield

Waypoint Settings window

The Waypoints Settings window is used for configuring Waypoint behavior. Use it to define what data is captured and viewed in a Waypoint.

To open the window, click on the Waypoint Settings button on the top left of the Waypoint Filmstrip window.

Waypoint Settings UI

Ref #	Menu Item	Description
1	Capture	Use the checkboxes in this column to denote what data gets stored in a Waypoint.
2	Recall	Use the checkboxes in this column to denote what data is viewed in a Waypoint.