Creating a rendered image

The rendered image appears in the current viewport in a separate window or can be exported to a file.

The background of a rendered view can be controlled by the Background property of the current named view.

The ANTIALIASRENDER system variable controls the amount of anti-aliasing (edge smoothing) applied during the rendering generation. The default value is 1, maximum value is 5.

Note:
  • High anti-alias values incur a high calculation cost.
  • The values of the lighting system variables influence the rendering result.

Rendering a viewport

  1. Launch the RENDER command ().

    The Render dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Viewport option.

  3. Click the OK button.

    The view is rendered.

Rendering in a window

  1. Launch the RENDER command ().

    The Render dialog box appears.

  2. Click the Window option.

  3. Click the OK button.

    The view is rendered in a popup window.

Saving a rendering to a file

  1. Launch the RENDER command ().

    The Render dialog box appears.

  2. Click the File option.

  3. Click the Browse button (), at the right hand side of the File field. The Render output file dialog box appears.

  4. Select a folder and type a name for the output file in the File name field.

  5. Click the Save as type button to select the file type.

    The options are: bmp, jpg and png.

  6. Click the OK button.

    The Render Output File dialog closes.

  7. Do one of the following:
    • Type the desired resolution for the output size in the Width and Height fields.
    • Check the Same as viewport size option to set the outsize to the size of the current viewport.
  8. Click the OK button to create the file.