Reference Guide
Reference Guide
Reference Guide
Reference Guide
Reference Guide
Reference Guide
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Used to define preferred settings for rendering. The tabbed dialog box lets you choose the required settings group. Opens when Settings > Rendering > Setup is chosen.
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This option menu displays the name of the rendering setup file currently loaded. Where no file has been saved or loaded, the default name <Initial Setup> appears.
When on, the settings of a selected setup file automatically are applied to the current view (as displayed in the View option menu).
Displays the currently selected view.
Opens the Save Setup As dialog box, which is used to save a setup file (with the active design file).
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Deletes the current setup file. Not available (dimmed) if no setup file has been saved or loaded. That is, if <Initial Setup> is the current file.
If on , loads the settings from the currently selected view.
Applies the current settings to the selected view.
Contains settings that control the display of curved surfaces and pattern maps, shadows (Phong rendering only) and Distance Cueing. These correspond to settings in the Rendering Settings dialog box (Settings > Rendering > General).
Contains settings that correspond to those found in the View Attributes dialog box (Settings > View Attributes).
Contains settings that control the display mode of the view and Distance Cueing. These correspond to settings in the Rendering View Attributes dialog box (Settings > Rendering > View Attributes).
Contains settings to control the levels that are displayed in the views. These correspond to several controls in the Level Display dialog box (Settings menu > Level > Display).
Contains settings to control the size of the view and to let you to turn on the background image. If necessary, a new background image also can be selected. Settings controlling the size of the view correspond to those found in the View Size dialog box (Settings menu > Rendering > View Size), as well as the View Size tool. Setting the background image may also be carried out from the Views option of the Design File Settings dialog box (Settings menu > Design File…).
Displays a list of lights that are in the active model and any references.
You can toggle on/off individual lights or groups of lights in the active model. Additionally, you can toggle on/off all lights that are contained in a reference. For more information see Lighting.
Contains controls for Ambient and Flashbulb lighting, as well as the option to Add Sky Light to all Solar and Distant Lights. These correspond to settings found in the Global Lighting dialog box.
Contains controls for Solar Lighting. These correspond to settings found in the Global Lighting dialog box.
Contains settings that correspond to the Ray Tracing Settings found in the Ray Tracing dialog box.
Contains settings that correspond to those found in the Antialiasing Settings and Advanced Settings sections of the Ray Tracing dialog box.
Contains settings that correspond to those found in the Settings tab of the Radiosity dialog box (see Radiosity Settings).
Contains settings that correspond to those found in the Materials and Lighting tab of the Radiosity dialog box (see Material Usage and Lighting).
Contains settings that control the display of the Radiosity solution. These settings correspond to those found in the Display tab of the Radiosity dialog box (see Display Settings).
Contains settings that control the calculation of particle traced solutions. These settings correspond to those found in the Particle Settings and Meshing Settings sections of the Particle Tracing dialog box (see Particle Settings and Meshing Settings.)
Contains settings that control the display of the Particle Traced solution. These settings correspond to those found in the Display Settings section of the Particle Tracing dialog box (see Display Settings.)
Imports a previously saved setup file. These files have the extension “.rsf” (Rendering Setup File).
Exports the currently loaded settings to an external file. These files have the extension “.rsf” (Rendering Setup File).
Updates the environment maps if they have been manually edited in the material assignments table.
Restores the default value for the Render Scale parameter.
Resets the ray tracing settings to their default values.
Opens the Load Rendering Database dialog box, which is used to retrieve a Radiosity Solution File (.rad) or a Particle Tracing Solution File (.ptd). By default rendering databases, or solution files, have the same name as the design file, but with the extension “.rad” or “.ptd” for radiosity and particle trace solutions respectively.
 | Controls in this dialog box are similar to those in the Open dialog box. |
Opens the Save Rendering Database dialog box, which is used to save a Radiosity Solution File (.rad) or a Particle Tracing Solution File (.ptd). By default the solution file is given the same name as the design file, but with the extension “.rad” or “.ptd” for radiosity and particle trace solutions respectively.
| Controls in this dialog box are similar to those in the Save As dialog box. |
Causes the solution to be deleted from memory, if a rendering database exists.
When selected, if there is a database in memory, you are prompted to confirm or cancel this action.
Key-in: RAYTRACE CLEARDATABASE
| Choose Clear Solution to have any modifications to the design, lighting, or materials, included in the next solution. |
| This item is unavailable (dimmed) if no rendering database is stored in memory. |