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Quick Reference
See also:
■ Use a Visual Style to Display Your Model
Sets options for 3D display performance on the command line.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Enter option [General Options on page 867/acceLeration on page 867] <General
options>:
General Options
Sets performance-related options that are not hardware dependent.
Discard Backfaces Discards back faces when drawing objects. You cannot see
the effect of discarding back faces on some objects, such as spheres, because
you cannot see the back face even when it is present. The effect of discarding
back faces is visible on objects such as those that don't have a top. Discarding
back faces enhances performance.
Smooth Faces Smooths the facets in a polyface mesh object when displayed
in the viewport and in a rendering. This is useful when using objects that were
imported through 3DSIN or when using PFACE objects. Note that when
enabled, all objects in the drawing are made smooth. If you do not want all
objects to be smooth, recreate the model using a different object type.
Transparency Quality Adjusts the transparency quality. At the Low setting,
a screen-door effect achieves transparency without sacrificing speed. At the
Medium setting, the default in software mode, blending improves image
quality. The High setting, the default in hardware mode, produces an image
free of visual artifacts at the cost of drawing speed.
Materials must also be turned on for transparency to be visible.
Exit Ends the command.
Acceleration
Specifies whether to use software or hardware acceleration in 3D.
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