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Interface
Render quadrant (upper right)
These are general-purpose commands.
Show Last Rendering Displays the last rendering in a
rendered frame window
on page 5885 . Not available if no rendering has been made during this session.
Render Displays the
Render Scene dialog on page 5878 . When you use the
ActiveShade quad menu, initially Render Scene is set to render the ActiveShade
window.
Render Last Repeats the last render, using the last viewport from which you
rendered.
Material/Map Browser Displays a modeless
Material/Map Browser on page
5261 .
Material Editor Displays the
Material Editor on page 5188 .
Tools quadrant (lower right)
These are the commands that perform ActiveShade operations.
Draw Region When on, lets you draw a rectangular region of the ActiveShade
window. While it is active, only the region is updated by interactive reshading.
This can save time, and also help you concentrate on just a portion of the
image to be rendered. Default=off.
To turn off Draw Region, click outside the rectangular region. The entire
ActiveShade window is updatable again.
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