Render Studio Interface - Graphics Area

A Named view saves the scene view and view settings with an associated name. You can create and save as many named views as required. Once saved, you can switch between these named views at any time. View cube position, as well as all settings from the View tools menu (except Stylized) are saved with a named view.

Creating a Named view

1. Bring the part, Part Studio, or Assembly into Render Studio.

2. Alter the scene view using the View cube, or change any of the view tool settings (except Stylized).

3. Once you have the model set up as required, select Named views under the View cube dropdown menu:

   

4. The Named views dialog opens:

   

5. Provide a name in the New view name field:

   

6. Click the add view button () to save it to the Named views list:

   

Accessing a Named view

Once several Named views are set up:

1. Use the Named views dropdown menu to select a Named view:

   

2. Optionally, check Select properties. Uncheck any properties you do not want displayed with the selected Named view:

   

Deleting a Named view

To delete a named view, select it from the dropdown menu, and then click the delete view button ():

This mode produces a stylized render of the parts in the scene. Stylized and Photoreal (default) are mutually exclusive; selecting one turns off the other. When selected,

1. Bring the part, Part Studio, or Assembly into Render Studio.

2. Under the View cube dropdown menu, select Stylized.

   

3. The Stylized dialog opens.

   

4. Select from the following options:

   • Rendering - Select from alternate preset rendering options: Color drawing, Grayscale drawing, Black on white, White on black, Flat shaded, Smooth shaded, and Custom.

      When Custom is selected, additional settings are available for the parts in your scene:

     

     • Edge color - The color of the outline drawn around parts in the scene. Click the Edit color icon () to open the Select edge color dialog. Select a color either visually by clicking on the color area, by entering a hex or RGB value, or by selecting a swatch at the bottom of the picker:

       

     • Edge angle - Angle between surfaces required to introduce an edge (0-180 degree range).

     • Edge angle smoothness - Smoothness of introduced edges (0-1 range). Higher values fade edges out.

     • Shading - Select from Smooth, Flat, or Graduated shading. Smooth provides the appearance of smoothly variegated lighting. Flat provides a uniform color across each part. Graduated provides a more cartoon-like stepped appearance.

     • Levels - Number of shading bands. More levels provides smoother shading, while less provides a more cartoon-like stepped appearance.

     • Replace appearances - Replace the color of all parts in the scene with a single color.

   Photoreal	Style: Color drawing	Style: Grayscale drawing
   Style: Black on white	Style: White on black	Style: Flat shaded
   Style: Smooth shaded Style: Custom Edge color: Hex 4A90E2; Shading: Smooth; Replace appearances: enabled; Appearance color: Hex 7ED321

Section view allows for the selection of a location on a part to be used to create one or more section planes to section the entities in a scene. Each section plane sections the entire scene. You cannot section individual parts.

Section view is a toggle that turns on/off all section planes. Settings are remembered between toggles.

1. Bring the part, Part Studio, or Assembly into Render Studio.

2. Click the View tools dropdown menu icon (), then select Section view.

   

3. The Section view dialog opens instructing you to select a face or location on a part.

   

4. In the graphics area, click a face or location on your model where you want the section view.

5. A plane with a length and rotation manipulator is placed at your cursor's location. The plane's origin point is located at the center of the selected face.

   If you click and drag the origin point over a new face, the origin locator snaps to the center of the new face.

   

   No section view (left), and Section view enabled (right)

6. Adjust the arrow manipulator to move the section's length inward toward the model and/or adjust the rotational manipulator to alter the plane's angle, as required.

7. Optionally, when adjusting the length or rotation manipulator, a numerical value field appears, allowing you to enter the length or degree of rotation numerically.

   

8. Check Caps to add a cap to the section plane:

   

   Caps disabled (left), and enabled (right)

   With Caps enabled, you can click the Edit icon () to alter the cap color globally (shown in the first image below). By default, the cap is white. You can also check Override cap color to create a cap color for each section view individually (shown below right).

   

9. Check Block light if you wish to block the light affecting the section.

   

   Block light disabled (left), and enabled (right)

10. With the Section planes field selected, click any additional faces or locations where you would like additional sections created. Each section can have the Block light option enabled or disabled individually:

    

    You can only adjust one section plane/manipulator at a time. Use the Section planes field to select the plane you wish to adjust. The font for the Section plane is bold to indicate which plane has focus.