Renderworks Style A Renderworks Style is a way of creating a saved set of rendering preferences, in a way that you can recall these when needed or store them in the library so that you can access these preferences in any project. A Renderworks Style is a resource that is…
Custom Renderworks This is the rendering option you should use if you want to have the highest quality. This rendering method offers a lot of flexibility, more than any other rendering method. It allows you to control all aspects of the quality allowing you to balance quality with the time…
Final Quality Renderworks Some people think that this is the best rendering you can get. It is a high quality rendering, but Custom Renderworks can give better results because it has access to more choices. With Final Quality Renderworks you get great quality, but there are no options to play…
Fast Renderworks I hardly ever use this rendering mode. It is a step up from OpenGL, and there are no options to choose from, but it offers a shadow option. Remember, you have to have a light source to get shadows.
OpenGL OpenGL rendering is fast and of a reasonable quality, but it is not the best quality. I sometimes call it quick and dirty, because it is one of the fastest rendering modes, but it is not the most accurate.
Line Rendering These preferences control the options for Hidden Line and Dashed Hidden rendering. The line render options also cover the Sketch Rendering settings.
Wireframe This is still a rendering mode, and it is the fastest mode to use. You use this mode while modelling, setting up views and so on.
Renderworks Camera On the view menu is a command called Set 3D View… This command can be used to set up a perspective view, but it does not save the view. In order to save the view you have to create a saved view after setting perspective. While you can use…
The Walkthrough Tool The Walkthrough tool is used to walk into and through your model. You can use it from any perspective view but the results are always more pleasing if you set your perspective first.
Artistic Renderworks Artistic Renderworks lets you create an artistic rendering that looks like a pencil sketch, cartoon and so on. There are several Artistic Rendering modes to choose from, each option has its own settings.