Radiosity dialog box

Used to generate a radiosity solution. Opens when Settings > Rendering > Radiosity is chosen, or when the Settings button is clicked in the tool dialog box, with Render Mode set to Radiosity.

Radiosity dialog box collapsed (left) and fully expanded (right).

File > Reset Default Areas

Resets the Maximum Patch Area and Maximum Element Area settings to a reasonable default, based on the size of the design. No other settings are affected. The key-in, radiosity resetareas, performs the same function.

File > Reset Default Settings

Resets the radiosity settings to their default values.

Default settings provide a good starting point for work with radiosity solutions.

File > Load Solution

Opens the Load Rendering Database dialog box, which is used to retrieve a saved radiosity solution. By default, solutions created from the Default model are given a name in the format “<DGN file name>.rad”. Solutions created from models other than Default are given a name in the format “<DGN file name>_<model name>.rad”.

Controls in this dialog box are similar to those in the Open dialog box.

File > Save Solution

Opens the Save Rendering Database dialog box, which is used to save a radiosity solution. By default, solutions created from the Default model are given a name in the format “<DGN file name>.rad”. Solutions created from models other than Default are given a name in the format “<DGN file name>_<model name>.rad”.

Controls in this dialog box are similar to those in the Save As dialog box.

File > Clear Solution

(Available only if a solution is present in memory) Clears the radiosity solution from memory. Prior to clearing, you are prompted to confirm or cancel the deletion. After clearing, the radiosity solution will need to be regenerated the next time you render a view (with Render Mode set to Radiosity).