Sets the shading style for 3D drawings.
Accessing the Command
command bar: shademode
alias: vscurrent
toolbar: Render | 
properties bar: Visual Style
: 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/Modeling] <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
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Displays drawings in 2D wireframe mode. This is the normal mode for viewing drawings in BricsCAD. |
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Displays drawings in 3D wireframe mode. This mode may display certain items differently from 2D wireframe mode. |
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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; In 2D wireframe mode, zooming or panning restores the wireframe view. If 3D wireframe mode, hidden mode is saved when zooming or panning. |
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Displays drawings in flat rendered mode. Facets are not smoothed. This is the mode used by the Shade command.
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Displays drawings in Gouraud rendered mode. Facets are smoothed. |
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Displays drawings in flat rendered mode, with edges outlined in the background color. |
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Displays drawings in Gouraud rendered mode, with edges outlined in the background color. |
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Displays drawings using the Realistic visual style. |
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Displays drawings using the Modeling visual style.
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The ANTIALIASSCREEN system variable controls the amount of anti-aliasing (edge smoothing) applied during on-screen rendered mode display. The default value is 1, maximum value is 5.
Note: high anti-alias values incur a high calculation cost.
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ANTIALIASSCREEN = 1 |
ANTIALIASSCREEN = 4 |
Related Commands
Hide - removes hidden lines from 3D entities.
Render - generates a photorealistic rendering using materials and lights
RedSdkInfo - displays rendering related hardware and driver specifications in the command bar.
Shade - generates shaded images of 3D drawings.
Solprof - creates a hidden line representation of 3D solids in a layout viewport.
VisualStyles - creates and controls visual style definitions in the Drawing Explorer.
2dContext - switches to a 2D drafting environment.
3dContext - switches to a 3D modeling environment.
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