Applying Renderworks backgrounds

Renderworks backgrounds, which include clouds, colors, images, physical sky, or panoramic image files, as well as a lit fog special effect, are resources saved with the file. To apply a background to a viewport, select RW Background from the Object Info palette of a selected viewport. Backgrounds are also used in a variety of Renderworks styles; see Renderworks styles.

To quickly apply a Renderworks background, double-click on the resource from the Resource Manager or drag the resource into a design layer.

The Lit Fog weather effect requires a light source (point or spot light) in the drawing with Lit Fog selected in the Object Info palette.

Spotlight users can also set the Renderworks background with the Set Spotlight Rendering Options command; see Setting Spotlight rendering options (Vectorworks Design Suite required).

To apply a Renderworks background:

Create the background with the desired parameters (see Creating Renderworks backgrounds for information on creating Renderworks backgrounds).

Select the command.

The Set Renderworks background dialog box opens.

Select the Renderworks background from a library or the current file.

When the drawing is rendered in a Renderworks mode, the background is applied to all design layers. Shaded render mode can display One Color, Two Color, and Image backgrounds.

Lit fog effect