Viewing the Rendering Style per Object

The Rendering style per object option takes into account the rendering styles that have been defined using Edit > Properties or the Graphic Properties toolbar. Usually, these attributes are ignored when drawing objects within a 3D window.

The rendering styles you can apply in the graphic properties are:


  • Shading: faces are displayed.
  • Shading with Edges: faces and edges are displayed.
  • Transparent: makes the object invisible but you can still select it by picking. This means that you cannot see the object but if you move your mouse over it, the prehighlight is displayed and if you select the object, the highlight is displayed as well. This rendering style does not mean that the object becomes transparent in terms of opacity.
  • Wireframe: only edges are displayed.

When elements have been assigned one of the above-mentioned rendering styles, this style supersedes the one of the 3D window.

Before you begin: Rendering styles are taken into account in the following order: first, the rendering style of the parent document and then, the rendering style of the child document. For instance, if you apply the Wireframe rendering style to a product and the Transparent rendering style to its part, activating Rendering style per object displays the whole object in Wireframe. But if you select the product then set it to No Specific Rendering, then the object is displayed as Transparent. This is also true for geometrical sets.
Related Topics
Editing Graphic Properties
Using the Graphic Properties Toolbar

  1. Open any product for which at least two different rendering styles have been defined.

    In our example, two different rendering styles are applied onto two different surfaces:

    Surface 1 - Wireframe Surface 2 - Shading with Edges




  2. Select View > Render Style > Customize View Parameters.



  3. In the View Mode Customization dialog box, activate the rendering style of your choice (Shading in our example) and see the result in the geometry area.

    The whole object is displayed in Shading mode even though some elements have been assigned a different rendering style:

  4. Activate Rendering style per object in the Options area.

    For detailed information on the various rendering styles available in the Custom View Modes dialog box, see Customizing the View Mode.

This displays each element with its specific rendering style.

When finished, click OK to validate and close the dialog box.