Artistic Renderworks options

Command

Path

View bar

Artistic Renderworks Options

View > Rendering

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.

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

To set Artistic Renderworks options:

Select the command.

Alternatively, if a different render mode is active, select the command under Options For Other Render Modes in the Current Render Mode menu on the View bar.

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

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.

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

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

Click to show/hide the options.Click to show/hide the options.

Artistic Renderworks option

Description

None

For comparison, the image below is rendered with Final Quality Renderworks

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Art

Transforms the image into a single color with shadows

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Cartoon

Traces a border around edges of objects and combines simplified shading with drawn edges

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Hatch

Shades the image with stroked hatch lines

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Lines and Shadow

Traces a border around the edges of objects and displays shadows

Ar_Lines.png 

Pencil (soft)

Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with soft, smudged pencil lines at the edges of objects

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Pencil (Sketch Concept)

Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with thin lines that extend slightly past their intended point

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Pencil (Rough Sketch)

Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with many overlapping lines

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Pencil (Loose)

Simulates a hand-drawn pencil drawing with curvy, careless straight lines

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Pen (Thick and Thin)

Simulates a hand-drawn pen drawing with uneven pressure on the pen nib

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Pen (Thin Distance)

Simulates a hand-drawn pen drawing with lines that get thinner as the line retreats

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Crayon

Draws edges with a thick, monochrome crayon

Ar_crayon.png 

Chunky Lines

Draws lines with a hesitant stroke that simulates the ink sinking into the paper at those points

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Cloned Lines

Draws overlapping, tapering lines

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Brush (Watercolor)

Draws as with a thin watercolor brush, with ink that soaks into the paper

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Brush (Watercolor Light)

Similar to Brush (Watercolor), but with less pressure applied

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Brush (Chinese)

Draws as with ink and a watercolor brush, with thicker lines at the corners

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Brush (Chinese Fade)

Draws as with ink and a watercolor brush, with lines that start thick and become thinner along the stroke

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Select View > Rendering > Artistic Renderworks, or select Artistic Renderworks from the Current Render Mode menu on the View bar, to render with the specified option.

Applying colors

Rendering modes

 

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