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 to 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 modeling, setting up views and so on.
Quick 3D Views. For Quick 3D views, use the numeric keypad on your keyboard. The numeric keypad is on the right side of your keyboard, if you have a full size keyboard. Use this for quickly typing in numbers.
Changing your Vectorworks preferences affects your rendering and modeling.
Textures in Vectorworks 2011 have changed a lot. The shaders are completely different, reflectivity has new settings, transparency has new settings, and the bumps are all new. If you are used to textures in earlier versions of Vectorworks, you need a guide to show you how to use all the…
Assigning Textures Using Classes. If you set up your file early on to use textures for specific classes that you want to texture then you have an advantage when it is time to assign the textures. By going to the classes dialog you can then texture all the objects of a…
Beyond Beginner meeting Textures on walls, Viewports.
I have been playing with custom Renderworks in Vectorworks 2011, and I really like it. The new Renderworks is very subtle, and you have a lot of control over the rendering quality, texture quality, and lighting quality. Wouldn’t it be great to understand how to how to edit the Custom…