diff --git a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/CamViewPlugin.cs b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/CamViewPlugin.cs
index 4690bf529..8520e21b5 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/CamViewPlugin.cs
+++ b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/CamViewPlugin.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ protected override void SaveUserData(XElement node)
 				this.camViews[i].SaveUserData(camViewElem);
 			}
 		}
+
+		protected override XElement GetDefaultUserData()
+		{
+			return XElement.Parse(Properties.Resources.DefaultSettings);
+		}
+
 		protected override void LoadUserData(XElement node)
 		{
 			this.isLoading = true;
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/DefaultSettings.xml b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/DefaultSettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3c4371a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/DefaultSettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<Plugin>
+	<CamView id="0">
+		<Perspective>Parallax</Perspective>
+		<FocusDist>500</FocusDist>
+		<BackgroundColor>
+			<R>64</R>
+			<G>64</G>
+			<B>64</B>
+			<A>0</A>
+		</BackgroundColor>
+		<SnapToGridSize>
+			<X>0</X>
+			<Y>0</Y>
+			<Z>0</Z>
+		</SnapToGridSize>
+		<ActiveState>Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewStates.SceneEditorCamViewState</ActiveState>
+		<States>
+			<State type="Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewStates.RigidBodyEditorCamViewState">
+				<ActiveLayers>
+					<Item>Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewLayers.RigidBodyJointCamViewLayer</Item>
+					<Item>Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewLayers.RigidBodyShapeCamViewLayer</Item>
+					<Item>Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewLayers.GridCamViewLayer</Item>
+					<Item>Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewLayers.BackPlateCamViewLayer</Item>
+				</ActiveLayers>
+				<ObjectVisibility>
+					<Item>Duality.Components.Physics.RigidBody</Item>
+				</ObjectVisibility>
+			</State>
+			<State type="Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewStates.SceneEditorCamViewState">
+				<ActiveLayers>
+					<Item>Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewLayers.GridCamViewLayer</Item>
+				</ActiveLayers>
+			</State>
+		</States>
+	</CamView>
+</Plugin>
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diff --git a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 5f2fbab53..06ed70b0e 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,33 @@ internal Resources() {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to &lt;CamView id=&quot;0&quot;&gt;
+        ///	&lt;Perspective&gt;Parallax&lt;/Perspective&gt;
+        ///	&lt;FocusDist&gt;500&lt;/FocusDist&gt;
+        ///	&lt;BackgroundColor&gt;
+        ///		&lt;R&gt;64&lt;/R&gt;
+        ///		&lt;G&gt;64&lt;/G&gt;
+        ///		&lt;B&gt;64&lt;/B&gt;
+        ///		&lt;A&gt;0&lt;/A&gt;
+        ///	&lt;/BackgroundColor&gt;
+        ///	&lt;SnapToGridSize&gt;
+        ///		&lt;X&gt;0&lt;/X&gt;
+        ///		&lt;Y&gt;0&lt;/Y&gt;
+        ///		&lt;Z&gt;0&lt;/Z&gt;
+        ///	&lt;/SnapToGridSize&gt;
+        ///	&lt;ActiveState&gt;Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewStates.SceneEditorCamViewState&lt;/ActiveState&gt;
+        ///	&lt;States&gt;
+        ///		&lt;State type=&quot;Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView.CamViewStates.RigidBodyEditorCamViewState&quot;&gt;
+        ///			&lt;ActiveLayers&gt;
+        ///				&lt;Item&gt;Duality.Editor.Plugins.CamView. [rest of string was truncated]&quot;;.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string DefaultSettings {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("DefaultSettings", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized resource of type System.Drawing.Bitmap.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.resx b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.resx
index e1de43026..0b14e07b1 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/Source/Plugins/EditorModules/CamView/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -139,4 +139,7 @@
   <data name="RenderSetup" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>..\EmbeddedResources\RenderSetup.png;System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="DefaultSettings" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
+    <value>..\DefaultSettings.xml;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;utf-8</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
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