ShadeMode

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Sets the shading style for 3D drawings.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  shademode

alias:  vscurrent

toolbar: Render |

 

: shademode

Prompts you in the command bar:

Current mode: 2D wireframe

Enter option [2D wireframe/3D wireframe/Hidden/Flat/Gouraud/Flat+edges/gOuraud+edges/Realistic] <2D wireframe>: (Enter an option.)

The shade mode is applied to the drawing immediately.

 

You can draw and edit in any of these shade modes.

For more realistic renderings, use the Render command (Pro and Platinum version only).

Command Options

Option

Description

2D wireframe ()

Displays drawings in 2D wireframe mode.

This is the normal mode for viewing drawings in Bricscad.

3D wireframe ()

Displays drawings in 3D wireframe mode.

This mode may display certain items differently from 2D wireframe mode.

Hidden ()

display silhouette lines off   

   

display silhouette lines on

Displays drawings in hidden mode.

Hidden lines are removed.

If the DISPSILH system variable is on, silhouette lines of curved surfaces display only;
if DISPSILH is off segment lines display on curved surfaces.

In 2D wireframe mode, zooming or panning restores the wireframe view.

If 3D wireframe mode, hidden mode is saved when zooming or panning.

Flat ()

Displays drawings in flat rendered mode.

Facets are not smoothed.

This is the mode used by the Shade command.

 

Gouraud ()

Displays drawings in Gouraud rendered mode.

Facets are smoothed.

Flat+edges ()

Displays drawings in flat rendered mode, with edges outlined in the background color.

gOuraud+edges ()

Displays drawings in Gouraud rendered mode, with edges outlined in the background color.

 

Realistic

Launches the Render command, using the viewport option.

 

Related Commands

Hide - removes hidden lines from 3D entities.

Render - generates a photorealistic rendering using materials and lights

Shade - generates shaded images of 3D drawings.

Solprof - creates a hidden line representation of 3D solids in a layout viewport.

 

 


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