Introduction to AutoCAD 2011- P11: The purpose of writing this book is to produce a text suitable for students in Further and/or Higher Education who are required to learn how to use the computer-aided design (CAD) software package AutoCAD 2011. Students taking examinations based on CAD will find the contents of the book of great assistance. | 304 Introduction to AutoCAD 2011 CHAPTER 15 Fig. The Advanced Render Settings dialog Fig. The View Manager dialog 4. In the Select Color dialog drag the slider as far upwards as possible to change the colour to white 255 255 255 . Then click the dialog s OK button. The Background dialog reappears showing white in the Color and Preview fields. Click the Background dialog s OK button. 5. The New View Shot Properties dialog reappears showing current highlighted in the Views list. Click the dialog s OK button. 6. The View Manager dialog reappears. Click the Set Current button followed by a click on the dialog s OK button Fig. . 7. Enter rpref at the command line. The Advanced Render Settings palette appears. In the palette in the Render Context field click the arrow to the right of Window and in the popup menu which appears click Viewport as the rendering destination Fig. . 8. Close the palette and save the screen with the new settings as the template . This will ensure renderings are made in the workspace in which the 3D model was constructed to be the same workspace in which renderings are made - on a white background. First example - Rendering Fig. 1. Construct a 3D model of the wing nut shown in the two-view projection Fig. . 2. Place the 3D model in the 3D Navigation Top view Zoom to 1 and with the Move tool move the model to the upper part of the AutoCAD drawing area. 3. Click the Point Light tool icon in the Render Lights panel Fig. . The warning window Fig. appears. Click Turn off Default Lighting in the window. Rendering 305 Fig. First example - Rendering -two-view projection Fig. The Point Light icon in the Render Lights panel Fig. The Lighting - Viewport Lighting Mode warning window CHAPTER 15 4. A New Point Light icon appears depending upon the setting of the Light Glyph Setting in the Drafting area of the Options dialog and the command line shows Command _pointlight Specify .
