RENDERPRESETS command

Creates and edits properties for renderings through Drawing Explorer dialog box.

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Alias: ROPTIONS

Description

Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box with RenderPresets category selected to view and modify render presets in the current drawing.

Materials

Toggles the use of materials in a rendering.

Note: Materials are applied to layers and entities. See MATERIALS command.

On: Uses material definitions for rendering.; Note: This comes with the cost of a slower rendering process.

Off: Does not use materials.; Note: This comes with the cost of a less realistic rendering

Shadows

Toggles the use of shadows in the rendering.

On: Uses shadows for rendering.; Note: This comes with the cost of a slower rendering process.

Off: Does not use shadows.; Note: This comes with the cost of a less realistic rendering.

Ray Tracing

Tracks each ray of light from each light source as it travels through the scene and bounces off entities.

On: Uses ray tracing.; Note: This comes with the cost of a slower rendering process.

Off: Does not use ray tracing.; Note: This comes with the cost of a less realistic rendering.

Max Depth: Specifies the maximum total number of times light bounces and refracts.

Max Reflections: Specifies the maximum times that light beams bounce off entities.

Max Refractions: Specifies the maximum times that light refract through transparent entities.

Processing

Specifies how the rendered image is processed, applied to renderings sent to a separate window.

Tile Size: Sets the size of the tile, representing the area of the rendered image being processed.

Tile Order

Defines the order in which the tiles are generated.

Hilbert: renders with a Hilbert curve, a continuous fractal space-filling; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_curve for a description.
Spiral: renders in a counterclockwise spiral from the center.
Left to right: renders vertical columns, starting from the bottom left corner.
Right to left: renders vertical columns, starting from the bottom right corner.
Top to bottom: renders horizontal rows, starting at the top left corner.
Bottom to top: renders horizontal rows, starting at the bottom left corner.

New: Creates additional Render Preset definitions into the drawing. Displays the New Render Preset dialog box.

Delete

Deletes Render Preset definitions from the drawing. The following Render Preset definitions cannot be deleted:

Set current: Sets the selected Render Preset as current.

Note: The current render preset is used by the RENDER command or when printing using the shade plot type Rendered as defined in Shade plot setting in the PAGESETUP and the PRINT commands. The name of the current render preset displays between brackets: e.g. Current Settings (Medium).

Note: You can override the properties of a preset in the Edit Render Preset pane. When overrides exist, an asterisk displays in front of the current render preset name: e.g. Current Settings (*Medium).

Rename

Renames the Render Preset.

Note: Following Render Preset items cannot be renamed: