Name

Specify the name of the Renderworks Style resource

Type

Select either Realistic or Artistic; different options are available depending on the desired look

Realistic

Creates a Renderworks style based on Custom Renderworks options

Options

Anti-Aliasing

Select for smoother edges on objects and textures; deselect for faster rendering with rougher edges

Shadows

shadows for a higher degree of realism

Textures

Renders the textures assigned to objects; deselect for faster rendering

Blurriness

Select to render textures with blurred reflectivity and/or blurred transparency (this can add significant rendering time)

Displacement Mapping

Renders with displacement mapping when a texture’s bump shader setting has a displacement height set; select the displacement mapping quality on the Quality tab. Deselect for faster rendering.

Caustics

Select to render caustics from light objects that have Caustic Photons set to a value other than None from the Object Info palette (see Light source properties)

Grass

When a grass color shader is used for a texture, renders the blades of grass. When this option is deselected, the first shader color (or image) is used, but blades of grass are not rendered, saving rendering time for large surfaces or dense grass.

Colors

When selected, renders colors, and textures with colors; deselect to render colors as white

Camera Effects

When selected, the Renderworks camera effects settings for the active camera are used in the rendering (see Placing a Renderworks camera). When deselected, only the active camera’s position and orientation settings are used in the rendering.

Renderworks camera effects are camera-dependent; activate the camera to see the effects in the rendering

Fullscreen Preview

Fullscreen preview can help you make faster decisions when adjusting the view, lighting, and/or render settings. When this option is selected, you will see an immediate full-screen preview at a very low resolution that is slow to resolve to final resolution; this is useful when working interactively to test rendering on a design layer, but is not appropriate for producing final renderings because it is slower.

To save time, deselect this option when you are not making adjustments. Rendering occurs with final-rendered squares that populate the drawing.

Quality

For each parameter, select the quality level. Higher quality results in better resolution of rendered images, with better texture detail and softer shadows, but takes more time.

Quality Levels

Conveniently sets the quality level of all the options at one time. Custom indicates that some options have different quality levels set.

Curved Geometry

Select the quality level for faceting of curved geometry (such as NURBS surfaces)

Anti-Aliasing

Select the quality level for anti-aliasing (smoothing) of edges on objects and textures

Indirect Lighting

Select the quality level for indirect lighting effects

Soft Shadows

Sets the quality level of shadows for light objects that have Soft Shadows enabled. For area and line lights, specifies the sampling quality of the light.

Blurriness

Select the quality level of textures with blurry reflectivity and/or transparency

Environment Lighting

Select the sampling quality level for environment background lighting. This option has no effect when indirect lighting is enabled for the lighting options.

Displacement Mapping

When enabled on the Options tab and set for a bump shader, select the quality of the displacement mapping. Higher quality is more realistic for fine displacement bumps, but will require longer rendering times.

Rendering can be significantly slower with displacement mapping.

Max Reflections

Enter the number of levels of reflection among shiny surfaces; a higher value slows rendering, but can yield a more realistic image for scenes with many inter-reflecting objects

Lighting

Apply Lighting Options

Controls whether the Renderworks style changes the current lighting options when it is applied. Select the option to apply the style’s lighting options to the layer or viewport when the Renderworks style is applied. Deselect the option to leave the current lighting options unchanged when the Renderworks style is applied.

Lighting Options

Sets the lighting options; see Setting lighting options

Edit Resource

Opens the Edit Renderworks Background dialog box, to conveniently change background and environment lighting options that affect the rendering

Edges

Apply Artistic Edges

Select to apply artistic edges on top of the realistic shaded rendering

Style

Select an edge style

Thickness (pixels)

Specifies the edge thickness

Color

Specifies the edge color

Background

Apply Renderworks Background

Controls whether the Renderworks Background changes the current background options when it is applied. Select the option to apply the style’s background to the layer or viewport when the Renderworks style is applied. Deselect the option to leave the current background unchanged when the Renderworks style is applied.

Renderworks Background

Sets the Renderworks Background options; see Creating Renderworks backgrounds

Environment Reflections

Sets the background that reflects from glass and metal surfaces independently of the Renderworks Background that surrounds the drawn object; the resource should have either a Physical Sky or Panoramic Image background type. See Creating Renderworks backgrounds

Artistic

Creates a Renderworks style based on Artistic Renderworks options

Artistic Style

Select an Artistic Renderworks style and set any options

Background

Apply Renderworks Background

Controls whether the Renderworks Background changes the current background options when it is applied. Select the option to apply the style’s background to the layer or viewport when the Renderworks style is applied. Deselect the option to leave the current background unchanged when the Renderworks style is applied.

Renderworks Background

Sets the Renderworks Background options; see Creating Renderworks backgrounds