Creates and controls visual style definitions in the Drawing Explorer.
Accessing the Command
command bar: visualstyles
menu bar: Tools | Drawing Explorer | Visual Styles...
: visualstyles
Displays a dialog box:
Command Options
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Option |
Description |
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Creates a new visual style. |
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Deletes the selected visual style. The predefined visual styles such as 2dWireframe, 3D Hidden, 3dWireframe, Conceptual, Realistic, ... are hard-coded and cannot be deleted or renamed. |
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Applies the selected visual style to the current viewport. |
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Edit visual style |
Displays the settings of the selected visual styles. To edit a setting: click the settings field, then type a new value or select an option in the drop down list. Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting Section visual styles are used by the BmGenDraft and BmGenSection commands |
The ANTIALIASSCREEN system variable controls the amount of anti-aliasing (edge smoothing) applied during on-screen rendered mode display. The default value is 1, maximum value is 5.
Note: high anti-alias values incur a high calculation cost.
Related Commands
Render - generates a photorealistic rendering using materials and lights.
Shademode - sets the shading style for 3D drawings.
2dContext - switches to a 2D drafting environment.
3dContext - switches to a 3D modeling environment.
-VisualStyles - manages visual style definitions at the command line.
Explorer - Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box.
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