RenderPresets

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

Allows to create and edit render presets, and to set the current render preset through a dialog box.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  renderpresets

menu bar:  Tools | Drawing Explorer | Render Presets

 

: renderpresets

Displays the Render Presets section of the Drawing Explorer dialog box:

Command Options

Option

Description

Creates a new render preset definition.

  1. Click the New tool button ().
    The Drawing Explorer - Render Presets closes temporarily.
    The New Render Preset dialog box displays.

  2. Type a name in the Name field.

  3. Select an existing render preset which you want to use as a template for the new render preset.

  4. Click the Create... button.
    The Drawing Explorer - Render Presets dialog box reopens.

  5. (option) Type a description in the Description field (Detail View only).

Deletes the currently selected user defined render preset(s).

It is not possible to delete the predefined render presets.

Sets the selected render preset current.

The current render preset is applied when using the Render command or when printing using the shade plot type Rendered as defined in Shade Plot setting in the Page Setup or the Print dialog.

The name of the current render preset displays between brackets: e.g. Current Settings (Medium)?

Optionally overrides can be defined in the the editor pane. If overrides exist, an asterisk displays in front of the current render preset name: e.g.
Current Settings (*Medium)

Displays the Detail View of the render presets.

Displays the Icon View of the render presets.

 

Materials

If On, uses material definitions for rendering.

See Materials property of a layer or entity.

Shadows

If On, calculates shadows.

Ray Tracing

If On, calculates ray tracing.

Max. depth, Max refections and Max refractions define the number of iterations for ray tracing calculations.

Processing

Tile size: sets the resolution of the rendered image.

Related Commands

Render - generates a photorealistic rendering using materials and lights through a dialog box.

-Render - generates a photorealistic rendering using materials and lights through the command bar.

 

Explorer - Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box.

 

 


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