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The Render Tab
The Render tab contains all commands you need to work with rendering,
materials, lights, cameras, and animations.
â– Render. Contains commands for rendering a model or a region of it,
defining render settings, generating a render output file, and opening the
Advanced Render settings palette.
â– Materials. Here, you can open the Materials palette, activate and deactivate
materials and textures, and set the material mapping.
â– Sun and Location. Here you can set parameters for natural sunlight.
â– Lights. Contains commands for setting spotlights and shadows, selecting
international lighting units, and enabling photometric lighting.
â– Camera. Contains commands for creating and adjusting camera views.
â– Animations. Contains commands for creating a WMV animation, as well
as a model walk-through and fly-through.
The View Tab
The View tab is the central location for defining and changing views and
navigating the drawing.
NOTE The View tab contains a number of commands also found on the application
status bar.
â– Navigate. Contains the ViewCube on page 75 and SteeringWheels on page
76, as well as the Pan, Zoom, and Orbit commands.
â– Appearance. Here, you can select predefined views, create new views, open
View Manager, select a visual style, open the Visual Styles Manager, and
define Walk and Fly settings. You can access predefined display themes
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