Scene Cleanup

The Scene Cleanup function is useful for removing empty mesh items, empty groups, and unused items your current scene. The function is available in the Item menu by clicking Scene Cleanup. This function can also be run in a command line.

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Remove empty Meshes	Removes meshes that have no geometry.
Remove empty Groups	Removes groups that have no children.
Purge unused Images	Removes clips that are not used by any other item.
Purge unused Materials	Removes materials that are not used (similar to Texture > Purge Unused Materials)
Purge unused Deformers	Removes deformers that are not used by any other scene item.

Running this Function in a Command-line

You can also run scene.cleanup in a command-line to apply this function.

The following arguments are available:

• emptyMesh:true/false

• emptyGroup:true/false

• unusedNodes:true/false

• unusedImages:true/false

• unusedMaterials:true/false

• unusedDeformers:true/false

To run the command:

• With your scene open in Modo, on the right panel, type the following into the command line:

scene.cleanup <emptyMesh_value> <emptyGroup_value> <unusedImages_value> <unusedMaterials_value> <unusedDeformers_value>

For example, type scene.cleanup true true true true true

Alternatively, type scene.cleanup to display the Scene Cleanup dialog and select the options you wish to apply.