Line Render Options

Use the line render options to control the appearance of lines in Hidden Line, Dashed Hidden Line, and Final Shaded Polygon modes. These settings apply only to the current drawing; they remain in effect in the current drawing until the settings are changed. The current line render settings are saved when you create a template (see Creating Templates).

To set line rendering options:

1. Select View > Rendering > Line Render Options.

The Line Render Options dialog box opens.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Dash Style	Select the dash style for hidden lines when the Dashed Hidden Line mode is selected.
Dash Shade	Adjust the slider to select how hidden lines are shaded when the Dashed Hidden Line mode is selected
Preview	Displays a preview of the selected parameters
Smoothing Angle	Sets the angle to reduce facet lines when the Hidden Line, Dashed Hidden Line, or Final Shaded Polygon mode is selected; if the value is greater than zero, facet lines will be removed between any two faces of an object that are within that angle of each other
Generate Intersecting Lines	Generates lines where surfaces in the drawing intersect each other when the Hidden Line, Dashed Hidden Line, or Final Shaded Polygon mode is selected; for large files with a lot of curved surfaces, this option can make rendering slower
Display Surface Hatches (Renderworks required)	Select to display surface hatches in a hidden line rendered view
Display Text and Markers	Select to display text and markers in the rendered view. Hiding text and markers can significantly decrease rendering times.
Sketch Hidden Line Results (Vectorworks Design Series required)	Specifies whether to apply sketch effects to lines when the Hidden Line, Dashed Hidden Line, or Final Shaded Polygon mode is selected; see Sketch Rendering
Document Default Sketch Style (Vectorworks Design Series required)	Sets the default sketch style for lines when the Hidden Line, Dashed Hidden Line, or Final Shaded Polygon mode is selected; see Setting the Default Sketch Style. Click Edit to open the Sketch Style Editor dialog box for additional sketch style modification.

2. Select the line render options, and click OK to change the settings for the file.

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