Define render mode

This command defines the type of render mode to apply to the view.

Use:

Click the Renders icon on the right side of the screen.

Shaded renderings:

Shade render mode allows you to visualize the scene with the item faces filled in, thus providing a realistic type of visualization (using what is called the "Gouraud" method).

Name

Description

Example

Shadow rendering with edges

Fill in faces.

The edges are displayed.

If sketches are visible, they cross the geometry.

Shadow rendering with dotted hidden edges

Fill in faces.

The edges are displayed.

Hidden edges are visualized with dashes.

If sketches are visible, they cross the geometry.

Shadow rendering

Only the filling of the faces is displayed.

The edges are not displayed.

If sketches are visible, they cross the geometry.

Shadow rendering with hidden wireframe

Only the filling of the faces is displayed.

The edges are not displayed.

If sketches are visible, they are interrupted by the geometry.

Constant shadow rendering

Calculate a unique illumination value for each facet.

The edges are not displayed.

If sketches are visible, they cross the geometry.

Realistic renderings:

Name	Description	Example
Realistic rendering with edges	The materials and the coatings associated with the items are taken into account. The edges are displayed.
Realistic rendering	The materials and the coatings associated with the items are taken into account.
Realistic rendering with effects	The materials and the coatings associated with the items are taken into account as well as the shadows made by the lights.
Realistic rendering with effects and edges	The materials and the coatings associated with the items are taken into account as well as the shadows made by the lights. The edges are displayed.

Wireframe renderings:

Name

Description

Example

Wireframe rendering

Visualization of the items by their edges.

All the edges are visualized.

Wireframe rendering without hidden lines

Visualization of the items by their edges.

The hidden edges are not visualized.

Wireframe rendering with hidden lines as dashes

Visualization of the items by their edges.

Hidden edges are visualized with dashes.

Zebra rendering analysis:

Name

Description

Example

Zebra rendering analysis

Visual verification of the continuity and the tangency of surfaces.

Display lateral faces:

Name

Description

Example

Display lateral faces

On a piece of sheet metal this mode allows you to visualize the faces according to the thickness of the part (a specific color is applied to the lateral faces).

This mode only functions with shaded renderings.

Active mode

Non-active mode