Layers

Layers let you split a model into parts that visitors can show, hide or switch between — for example floors of a building, phases of a restoration, or "before / after" states. The Layers menu is where you create and organise them.

Prefer to watch? See the Layers video tutorial.

Creating and configuring layers

Managing each layer

Ordering

Drag and drop layers to reorder them; the order is saved automatically and the first layer is the default shown to visitors.

How layers behave for visitors

On the Free plan a scene can have up to 2 layers (on a 2D map the automatic Base Map counts as one). A scene with more — for example after your account moved to the Free plan — is disabled: visitors can't open it, and this menu shows a warning. Delete the extra layers and the scene is enabled again straight away (as long as nothing else in it is beyond your plan), or upgrade.

2D map (tile) scenes

Tile scenes also support layers, but each layer is an uploaded raster image (TIFF, PNG or JPEG) stacked on the map rather than a selection of 3D objects.

Organise your model into layers

Create a free account and try layering up one of your own scenes.

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