Scene Basics

A scene in iJewel Playground consists of your 3D model together with everything that defines how it looks — background, lighting, ground, shadows, camera, and materials. Understanding these building blocks helps you create professional jewelry visualizations.

What Makes Up a Scene

Every scene has three core components:

3D Objects — your imported jewelry model, organized as a hierarchy of mesh nodes (containing actual geometry) and transform nodes (containing position, rotation, scale). Multiple meshes can share the same material, and objects can be nested inside parent groups.

Materials — define the visual appearance of each object. By default, Playground assigns a Physical (PBR) Material for realistic rendering. You can convert objects to Diamond Material for gemstones. See Picking → Physical Material and Picking → Diamond Material.

Scene Settings — everything else: background color, environment maps, ground, shadows, post-processing, lighting, and camera configuration. These are managed primarily through the Scene tab on the right panel.

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Scene Tab Sections

The Scene tab on the right panel contains the following sections:

Background / Environment

Background color, environment maps (HDRI), and intensity settings. Read more →

Progressive Shadow

Soft, progressively refined shadows beneath the model

Ground

Ground plane visibility, reflections, and shadow settings

Scene

General scene settings and configuration

Gradient SVG

Custom gradient backgrounds using SVG

Lights

Add and configure directional, spot, and point lights in the scene

Cameras (Loaded)

Camera presets loaded from the model file

HDRi Ground

Use the HDRI environment map as a projected ground plane

Generate Geometry

Create simple primitive shapes (spheres, cubes, planes) directly in the scene

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Documentation Pages

Scene Hierarchy

Browse all objects, select by name, and hide/show individual parts

Picking

Object properties, materials, diamonds, and all interactive controls

Transform Controls

Move, rotate, and scale objects with interactive gizmos and keyboard shortcuts

Renderer Settings

Configure render quality, resolution scale, and performance options

Scene settings like Background / Environment, Progressive Shadow, and Ground are documented separately under the Scene Settings section in the sidebar.