Advanced Building Techniques
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      🏗  Changing the Ordering of Assets

      There are times when you need to change the layering of a group of assets, like when placing a sign on top of a table or putting a large background image behind an entire scene. Follow these simple steps to change how the assets layer:

      • Make sure Edit Mode is on and the Edit toggle on the toolbar is in color

      • Hover over the asset you’d like to adjust and click the pencil icon. If you can't locate the pencil icon, try searching for the asset in the placed assets list. 

      • Click Edit to open the Modify Asset drawer and then click Layers

      For Top Layer Assets:

      • Under Modify Top Layer, click Backwards or Forwards to modify the position of the Top Asset You can also add an exact number of pixels in the text field.

      • This adds or subtracts a region of transparent pixels at the base of an asset allowing the layering order to change. Adding pixels will make the asset more likely to appear in front of other nearby assets. Subtracting pixels will make the asset more likely to appear behind other nearby assets.

      For Bottom Layer Assets:

      • To modify the Bottom Layer Order of the asset, select Move to Back or Move to Front. Moving to back will send the bottom layer of the asset behind all nearby back layers.

      • Remember that top-layer assets will ALWAYS appear in front of bottom-layer assets.

      Sending multiple to the back will preserve the order in which they were placed, but behind all other neighbors.

      Placed Assets List

      If you are trying to edit an asset and can't locate the pencil icon, the asset you are looking for is most likely hidden behind another asset. Try looking for the asset in the Placed Assets List:

      • Click the Library icon in the bottom half of the toolbar to open the Library drawer
      • Select Assets
      • Click Table View
      • On the top left, click the dropdown menu and choose Placed Assets. A list of all the assets in the world will be displayed in a list.
      • Scroll through the list to find the asset you are looking for, or if you know its name, use the filter to search for it. 
      • Click on the pencil icon under the actions column to edit the asset