RENDERING THE RADIUSED BOX

This procedure will change the default settings to produce a better looking rendering and save it as a bit mapped image. Experiment to achieve the best results.

1. Make sure surfaces to be rendered are on seperate levels from wireframe elements. (see Separating Surfaces to Other Leves

• Settings Levels Display

1. Change surface colors for rendering purposes.

• Main Change Element Attributes

1. Model a ground plane for the radiused box, just below box and large enough to cast a shadow on.

• Main Place Block

1. Rotate view as appropriate.

• Tools View Control Rotate View

1. Zoom in on rotated view as appropriate.

• Tools View Control Window Area

1. Change default rendering and lighting settings:

• Settings Rendering Global Lighting
• Turn off Flashbulb
• Turn on Solar
• Turn on Solar Shadows
• Change city to Chicago
• Change time to AM
• Tools 3D 3D View Control Render
• Target: View
• Shading Mode: Phong
• Shading Type: Normal

1. Click in rotated view to render. Use small window while experimenting to save time. Use large window to see final results.
2. Save to disk as a bit mapped file.

• Utilities Image Save
• View: 2 (or which ever view has your rotated view)
• Format: TIF (Compressed)
• Mode: 256 Colors
• Shading: Phong
• Shading Type: Normal
• Resolution X: 800 Y: 600
• Save... yourfile.tif into your directory

1. View the saved bit mapped image.

• Utilities Image Display