Scene Anchors

Align your Campfire scenes with the real world. You can use scene anchors in two main ways: to align virtual models on physical objects, like displaying a dashboard on a buck, or to anchor everyone’s view to the same spot for in-room collaboration within a shared space.

How it works

Add an anchor to your scene on PC or Mac, then print and place the marker in your physical environment. When you open Campfire on a headset or iPad and scan the marker, Campfire will automatically position your scene content around it.

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Note: Only an Owner or Editor of a project can add anchors.

1. Add an anchor to a scene

To align virtual models to a physical object, first add a 3D model of the physical object. This is called the reference model because it won't be displayed when viewed in AR on the headset or iPad.

After creating a project and adding a model to your Campfire scene, click on the Add Anchor button

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Note: Make sure you're not selecting any model or part. Click in empty space to deselect any currently selected item.

2. Place the anchor

For aligning a marker with an object in the real world

Place the anchor on the reference model. Click on "Place Anchor" and then click on any point on the reference model to position the marker. Once placed, the model will automatically become transparent (x-ray) in the scene view (on PC/Mac).

For in-room collaboration

Place the anchor on the floor

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Note: you can only place one marker per scene

You can use the inspector to change the marker ID. If needed, you can use the gizmos to adjust the anchor's position and rotation for more precise placement on the model.

3. Printing and placing the marker

Once you’ve added an anchor in Campfire, print the marker out and align it on the physical object at the same place that you put it on the reference model or on the ground for in-room collaboration.