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CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW VIZ
Figure 1.43
Move the selected
chairs along the X axis.
Finally, you saw how objects in VIZ don’t conform to one of the basic rules of physics. In VIZ,
more than one object can occupy the same space at the same time. This characteristic can be useful
in a number of ways as you build models in Autodesk VIZ 2008.
Working with the Custom UI and Defaults Switcher
The Custom UI and Defaults Switcher provides an easy and unified method for managing all the
myriad preference settings within VIZ 2008. Let’s explore what the Custom UI and Defaults
Switcher has to offer.
1. Choose Customize Custom UI and Defaults Switcher, as shown in Figure 1.44.
Figure 1.44
The Customize menu
2. Click on the DesignVIZ initial settings for tool options in the upper-left corner of the dialog
box to see the settings listed in Figure 1.45.
3. Scroll down in the dialog box and read through the changes that the DesignVIZ settings repre-
sent in the HTML file that is part of the Custom UI and Defaults Switcher dialog box. There are
two initial settings for tool options: DesignVIZ and DesignVIZ.mentalray (shown in Figure 1.46).
The DesignVIZ settings are configured to provide you with good rendering performance in
large scenes with many lights; this assumes you’ll be using the radiosity renderer and pho-
tometric lights.
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