-RENDER command

Renders 3D models.

Description

Generates photo-realistic renderings of 3D models in the current viewport, and applies materials and lights if available; works at the Command line.

Options

Render preset

Choose a preset rendering style from the ones included with the program, or else choose Other to select a custom preset made by users with the RENDERPRESET command:

  • Draft - renders 3D models without ray tracing; fastest rendering speed.
  • Low - renders with ray tracing set to level 3 (low).
  • Medium - renders with ray tracing set to level 5 (medium).
  • High - renders with ray tracing set to level 7 (high).
  • Presentation - renders with ray tracing set to level 9 (highest); slowest rendering speed.
  • Other - specify the name of a user-defined rendering preset.
Render destination

Display the rendering in one of the following locations:

  • Viewport - displays the rendering in the current viewport. If the cursors hovers the working are area the rendering result will disappear as the viewport is redrawn.
  • File - saves the rendering as a BMP file in the folder defined by the DWGPREFIX variable.
  • Render view - displays the rendering in a separate window. The dimensions of the rendering are specified in pixels.