Visual styles

A visual style is a collection of settings that control the display of 3D solids and surfaces.

The VISUALSTYLES command opens Drawing Explorer – Visual Styles.

Here you can:

  • Edit existing visual styles.
  • Create new visual styles.
  • Delete visual styles.
  • Copy and paste visual styles between open drawings.

Setting the current visual style

The current visual style can be set in the View / Visuals style field in the Properties panel and in the right-click context menu of the LookFrom widget.

Click the desired visual style in the list.

The default options are:

  • 2D Wireframe
  • Conceptual
  • Hidden
  • Modeling
  • Realistic
  • Shaded
  • Shaded with edges
  • Shades of gray
  • Sketchy
  • Wireframe
  • X-Ray
  • BIM (BIM templates only)
  • Mechanical (Mechanical templates only)