Artistic Renderworks Options

When you select the Artistic Renderworks mode, a variety of styles and options are available to create a hand-drawn or artistic look for a 3D drawing. These settings apply only to the current drawing and remain in effect in the current drawing until the settings are changed. In addition, the settings are saved when creating templates (see Creating Templates).

Artistic Renderworks options are available as part of a Renderworks style; see Renderworks Styles. A Renderworks style allows artistic parameters to be saved as a resource to be re-applied later and shared between files.

Artistic Renderworks does not produce sketch rendering of 2D objects.

To set Artistic Renderworks options:

  1. Select View > Rendering > Artistic Renderworks Options.

  2. The Artistic Renderworks Options dialog box opens. A preview scene is shown in order to evaluate the effects of the different options.

  3. Select the Style from the list, and then set specific style parameters. The preview image displays the resulting effect.

  4. Most Artistic Renderworks styles use hidden line rendering (except for Art and Hatch). These styles may require longer rendering times for drawings with many facets (polygons). A style that does not use hidden line rendering is recommended for extremely complex drawings.

    The Artistic Renderworks styles allow the layer’s Renderworks background to show through, if one has been defined and applied (see Applying Renderworks Backgrounds ).

    Many of the artistic styles share the parameters of edge color and edge thickness. Some parameters are uniquely available to certain styles.

  5. Click OK to set the Artistic Renderworks options.

  6. Select View > Rendering > Artistic Renderworks to render with the specified option.

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Rendering Modes

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