From ce8b92a27b1c5ee72f326a1cb2b949b0a806ce9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gpt-engineer-app[bot]"
 <159125892+gpt-engineer-app[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 14:52:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changes

Co-authored-by: Reifonas <211114984+Reifonas@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx b/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx
index d7dd672..e886e3e 100644
--- a/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/three/ModelViewer.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ export function elementKey(modelId: string, el: THREE.Object3D): string {
   return `${modelId}:${id}`;
 }
 
+/** Globally accessible ref to the active R3F scene (set by SceneRefCapture). */
+export const sceneRef: { current: THREE.Scene | null } = { current: null };
+
+function SceneRefCapture() {
+  const { scene } = useThree();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    sceneRef.current = scene;
+    return () => { if (sceneRef.current === scene) sceneRef.current = null; };
+  }, [scene]);
+  return null;
+}
+
 
 function LoadingFallback() {
   return (