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Toolbar: Render
Command entry: rpref
Summary
You use the Advanced Render Settings palette to make rendering settings. You
can also access the
Render Presets Manager from the Render Settings palette.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Render Preset List / Select Render Preset
Lists standard render presets ranging from lowest to highest quality, up to
four custom render presets and allows access to the Render Presets Manager.
Render Context
Contains settings that affect how your model gets rendered.
Save File Determines if the rendered image is written to a file.
Rendering Procedure Controls the model content that gets processed during
rendering.
■ View. Renders the current view without displaying the Render dialog box.
■ Crop. Creates a render area at render time. When you click the Render
button with Crop Window selected, you are prompted to specify an area
in the drawing before rendering proceeds. This option is available only
when Viewport is selected under Destination.
■ Selected. Displays a prompt to select objects to render.
Destination Determines the output site that the renderer uses to display the
rendered image.
■ Window. Renders to the Render Window.
■ Viewport. Renders to a viewport.
Output File Name Specifies a file name and location where the rendered
image will be stored.
■ BMP (*.bmp). Still-image bitmap file in the Windows bitmap (.bmp) format.
■ PCX (*.pcx). Simple format that provides a minimum of compression.
■ TGA (*.tga). File format that supports 32-bit true color; that is, 24-bit color
plus an alpha channel, and is typically used as a true color format.
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