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 Concept: 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.

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

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

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.

Parameter	Description	Style where applied
Edge Thickness	Specifies the thickness of lines used in the style; for lines that vary in thickness, this sets the thickest portion of the line	All styles except Art and Hatch
Edge Color	Click the color box to select the color of the lines	All styles except Art and Hatch
Shadow Color	Click the color box to select the color of shadows	Lines and Shadow
Change Image	Selects a different image to apply to Art mode; the image selected must be square, and contain a color-mapped sphere. The color of the sphere is used to color the image.	Art

Artistic Renderworks option	Description
None	For comparison, the image below is rendered with Final Quality Renderworks
Art	Transforms the image into a single color with shadows
Cartoon	Traces a border around edges of objects and combines simplified shading with drawn edges
Hatch	Shades the image with stroked hatch lines
Lines and Shadow	Traces a border around the edges of objects and displays shadows
Pencil (soft)	Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with soft, smudged pencil lines at the edges of objects
Pencil (Sketch Concept)	Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with thin lines that extend slightly past their intended point
Pencil (Rough Sketch)	Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with many overlapping lines
Pencil (Loose)	Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with curvy, careless straight lines
Pen (Thick and Thin)	Simulates a hand-drawn pen drawing with uneven pressure on the pen nib
Pen (Thin Distance)	Simulates a hand-drawn pen drawing with lines that get thinner as the line retreats
Crayon	Draws edges with a thick, monochrome crayon
Chunky Lines	Draws lines with a hesitant stroke that simulates the ink sinking into the paper at those points
Cloned Lines	Draws overlapping, tapering lines
Brush (Watercolor)	Draws as with a thin watercolor brush, with ink that soaks into the paper
Brush (Watercolor Light)	Similar to Brush (Watercolor), but with less pressure applied
Brush (Chinese)	Draws as with ink and a watercolor brush, with thicker lines at the corners
Brush (Chinese Fade)	Draws as with ink and a watercolor brush, with lines that start thick and become thinner along the stroke

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