About Shaded Views in Drawings
Shaded views inherit all the attributes of the 3D model, including the color, texture, reflection, opaqueness, material, and refraction. External rendering effects are not applied in shaded views. The shading display style also supports exploded states and process states of assemblies.
You can set the display style of the selected view to Shading by performing the following steps:
1. Right-click the selected view and click Properties.
2. The Drawing View dialog opens. Select View Display from Categories.
3. Select the option Shading in the Display Style combo box.
The selected view now appears shaded.
Colors of shaded views are associated with the model. If the model color is changed, the corresponding shaded views are also updated.
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 If you set the display style to Shading, you cannot set the color designation options under Colors come from. |
View Types That Support Shaded Display Style
The following view types support shaded display style:
• General
• Projection
• Detail—You can control the display of the detail shaded view independently or the view can have its parent view display style by selecting the Use parent view style check box in the Drawing View dialog box. However if the parent is an X-section, then the view is displayed in wireframe regardless of whether the Use parent view style check box is selected or not.
• Auxiliary—For the auxiliary view, the projection reference is shown over the shaded parent view when you are in the View Type category page of the Drawing View dialog box.
• Broken—All six break line styles are visible in shaded views.
• Half—The symmetry line display is retained in the shaded view.
• Partial—The partial view boundary is not visible in shaded views even if Show spline boundary on view in the Visible Area page of the Drawing View dialog box is selected.
• Zone—The display of X-hatching is controlled by the Show X-Hatching option in the Section page of the Drawing View dialog box.
View Types That Do Not Support Shaded Display Style
The following options are not available if you set the display style to Shading:
• 2D cross-section under Sections
• Revolved under View Type (A revolved view can only have a wireframe display style.)
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The display of shaded views depends on certain capabilities of the graphics card. Some view types require flexible calculations that are not supported by certain graphics cards. Performance may also be affected if you are working with large assemblies and older graphics cards.
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Plotting Options for Shaded Views
You can plot shaded views in the drawing mode. The following drivers support printing of shaded views:
• HPGL2
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For the HPGL2 driver to print shaded views, the printer must support the HP RTL extension.
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• PostScript
• Color PostScript
• MS Printer Manager
• Plot to Screen
• PDF
• DXF/DWG
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Shaded views cannot be plotted if you set the drawing to a non-supported file type.
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