Available Visual Styles in Drawing

Displays sample images of the visual styles that are available in the drawing. The
face, environment, and edge settings of the selected visual style are displayed in
the settings panels.

Icons on the sample image indicate the status of the visual style:

• The icon from the Apply Selected Visual Style to Current Viewport button at center
  bottom indicates the visual style that is applied to the current viewport.
• A drawing icon at center bottom indicates a visual style that is in use in the current
  drawing but not in the current viewport.
• A product icon at lower right indicates a default visual style that is shipped with
  the product.

Face Settings

Control the appearance of faces in a viewport.

Highlight Intensity Button

Changes the value for Highlight Intensity from positive to negative and vice versa.

Opacity Button

Changes the value for Opacity from positive to negative and vice versa.

Face Style

Defines the shading on faces. (VSFACESTYLE system variable)

• Realistic. This default option is as close as possible to how the face would appear in the real
  world.
• Gooch. Uses cool and warm colors instead of dark and light to enhance the display of faces
  that might be shadowed and difficult to see in a realistic display.
• None. Does not apply a face style. Other face settings are disabled.

This face style displays edges with all hidden lines removed.

Shows details of 3D surface or solid by using warm colors for lighted areas and cool
colors for darker areas. Only objects without applied materials show this face style.

Lighting Quality

Sets the method for interpolating colors for faces on 3D solids and surfaces in the
current viewport (VSLIGHTINGQUALITY system variable)

• Faceted.
• Smooth.
• Smoothest shows a high quality smooth appearance, but it will only produce a visible improvement
  if the “Per-Pixel Lightingâ€‌ hardware effect option is turned on in the Manual Performance
  Tuning Dialog box.

This setting is the least resource intensive, but it displays curved surfaces as faceted
approximations.

This default setting provides a smooth display without hardware acceleration.

To display at this setting, the Per-Pixel Lighting setting needs to be turned on in
the Manual Performance Tuning dialog box from the 3DCONFIG command.

Color

Controls the display of colors on faces. (VSFACECOLORMODE system variable)

• Normal. Does not apply a face color modifier.
• Monochrome. Displays the model in shades of the color you specify (VSMONOCOLOR system variable).
• Tint. Changes the hue and saturation value of face colors.
• Desaturate. Softens the color by reducing its saturation component by 30 percent.

The monochrome color used is the color value stored in the VSMONOCOLOR system variable.

The tint color is determined by the hue and saturation settings of the color value
stored in the VSMONOCOLOR system variable.

The color saturation of 3D solids and surfaces is reduced by 30 percent.

Opacity

Controls the opacity or transparency of faces in a viewport. (VSFACEOPACITY system
variable)

Environment Settings

Control shadows and background.

Shadows

Controls the display of shadows.

NOTE:To display full shadows, hardware acceleration is required. When Geometry Acceleration
is off, full shadows cannot be displayed. (To access these settings, enter ۳dconfig at the Command prompt. In the Adaptive Degradation and Performance Tuning dialog
box, click Manual Tune.)

Backgrounds

Controls whether backgrounds are displayed in the viewport. (VSBACKGROUNDS system
variable)

Edge Settings

Control how edges are displayed.

Show

Sets edge display to Facet Edges, Isolines, or None. (VSEDGES system variable)

Color

Sets the color for edges. (VSEDGECOLOR system variable)

Lighting Settings

Controls lighting-related effects.

Exposure Control

Controls the size of highlights on faces without materials. (VSFACEHIGHLIGHT system
variable)

Shadow Display

Controls the display of shadows in the viewports. Turn shadows off to increase performance.
(VSSHADOWS system variable)

• Mapped Object Shadows. Displays full shadows.
• Ground Shadows.
• Off.