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Backgrounds work best when you are rendering still images, or animations in
which the view doesn’t change or the camera doesn't move. Once set, the
background is associated with the named view or camera and is saved with
the drawing.
You set backgrounds from the View Manager.
To use fog / depth cueing
1 Select a camera and open its Property palette.
2 Turn on its front or back clipping plane.
3 Set the clipping plane offset value.
4 Click Visualize tab ➤ Render panel ➤ Environment.
5 Turn on Enable Fog and set the color of the fog or depth cueing.
Light colors are typically used for fog while dark colors are used for depth
cueing.
6 Set the Near and Far Distance values to specify where the fog starts and
ends.
7 Set the fog or depth cue opacity with the Near and Far Fog Percentage
values. Click OK.
8 Render the model.
To set a background for a named view
1 At the Command prompt, enter view.
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