# Feature Request: Allow Setting the Startup Scene **URL:** \ **Category:** Samples & Examples\ **Created:** [November 19, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885 "2022-11-19T20:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DataJuggler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/datajuggler/32/148257_2.png) [@DataJuggler](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/DataJuggler)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/1 "2022-11-19T20:18:42Z")
Recently you changed the startup, and I like the Viewport filling, but I don’t care for the new plane and the Environment Sky colors are hard for me to see. Could you make an option that if you create a scene the way you like it, somewhere there is a ‘Make This Default’ scene. My steps for a new scene now is delete existing plane and change the colors of the default light and sky. I usually add Physics Scene and Groundplane, so that would be nice features if there was a way. Perhaps others will find this useful. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![daryl.dunlap.ohio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/daryl.dunlap.ohio/32/61249_2.png) [@daryl.dunlap.ohio](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/daryl.dunlap.ohio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/2 "2022-11-19T23:40:41Z")
It already exist, in the Preferences. ---
**Author:** ![WendyGram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/wendygram/32/157225_2.png) [@WendyGram](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/WendyGram)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/3 "2022-11-21T18:02:09Z")
Hello @DataJuggler! @daryl.dunlap.ohio is correct. Here is a link to the documentation in case it helps: [Preferences Panel — Omniverse Create documentation](https://docs.omniverse.nvidia.com/app_create/common/preference-panel.html#stage) ---
**Author:** ![DataJuggler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/datajuggler/32/148257_2.png) [@DataJuggler](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/DataJuggler)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/4 "2022-11-21T18:05:22Z")
I had figured out I could just save a ‘Default Scene’ and open it. Did you happen to see my comment on another post? The one about run Omniverse in a browser. Your link didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Maverobot](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@Maverobot](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Maverobot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/5 "2024-08-22T20:23:35Z")
Your link is broken. I guess you meant this link: [https://docs.omniverse.nvidia.com/workflows/latest/common/preference-panel.html#new-stage](https://docs.omniverse.nvidia.com/workflows/latest/common/preference-panel.html#new-stage) I failed to find any setting about the default scene(stage). Can you please be more specific? ---
**Author:** ![Richard3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/richard3d/32/207062_2.png) [@Richard3D](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Richard3D)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/6 "2024-08-24T20:16:10Z")
Are you looking for a default scene or a default UI layout ? What do you need a default scene for ? Yo are either opening a scene or starting from scratch. If you want nothing at all use File \> New \> Blank. ---
**Author:** ![DataJuggler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/datajuggler/32/148257_2.png) [@DataJuggler](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/DataJuggler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/7 "2024-08-24T20:25:16Z")
What I meant by a default scene is using a custom material, not the checkerboard type gray material. Or lighting the way I want it, or walls or some type of a template so starting from scratch as you put it, is not empty. ---
**Author:** ![Richard3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/richard3d/32/207062_2.png) [@Richard3D](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Richard3D)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/8 "2024-08-25T14:09:46Z")
And is this for a custom app you are building or for USD Composer ? I can try to find out if we can pass a starting variable into the launch code and it will open a specific file, but honestly just make yourself your perfect starting file and call it “template.usd” and then open it every time. It will always be in your recent files so it is just a 2 second click. ---
**Author:** ![DataJuggler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/datajuggler/32/148257_2.png) [@DataJuggler](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/DataJuggler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/9 "2024-08-25T14:25:02Z")
No, when I requested this, which has been a while, I was just wanting a way to take the current scene when you get it setup the way you it, and have a ‘Set As Default Scene’ menu item under File or somewhere. Then you create new project, your custom default scene loads, not the Omniverse default. I would think I am not the only person that would benefit from this. ---
**Author:** ![Richard3D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/richard3d/32/207062_2.png) [@Richard3D](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Richard3D)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/10 "2024-08-25T14:37:00Z")
I will ask to see if this is possible, but as a simple work around for now it will always be in your recent files list, so in a way it is as fast to access this as going to File \> New ---
**Author:** ![DataJuggler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/datajuggler/32/148257_2.png) [@DataJuggler](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/DataJuggler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/11 "2024-08-25T14:50:15Z")
I know, that is why i said I could just save a default project. You can close this, I had forgot about it until you replied. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/system/32/68080_2.png) [@system](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/feature-request-allow-setting-the-startup-scene/234885/12 "2024-09-08T14:50:35Z")
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