What does "Separate" do?

[papinto]

I selected a splat area then used the Separate command under the Select menu.

This created a new .ply layer(?) under the Scene manager, suggesting to me there are now multiple splats in the scene (which is exactly what I was looking to do).

I created a couple more layers using Separate command again and then exported the scene as a PLY and selecting "All Splats".

Loading this file back into Supersplat, I was expecting to see the same layers, but there was only one layer (same result compressed or not). It seems the layers were collapsed into one on export.

Did I misunderstand what the Separate command does?
Is it possible to have a scene with multiple splats in it?

[slimbuck]

Hi @papinto,

I think it's working as you expect, except that exporting to PLY necessarily combines layers again into a single scene. (The PLY format has no concept of layers etc).

In order to maintain layers between SuperSplat sessions you'll have to save the scene as a document in ssproj format.

Thanks!

[papinto]

Thank you @slimbuck, I understand now.

[willeastcott]

@papinto Give this page a read to learn more about .ssproj files: https://github.com/playcanvas/supersplat/wiki/Saving-and-Loading-your-Projects

[papinto]

Thanks @willeastcott, this makes sense.