Visual Styles

Visual styles control the display of edges, lighting, and shading.

Control the effect of a visual style by changing its properties. When you apply a visual style or change its settings, the associated viewport is automatically updated to reflect those changes.

The Visual Styles Manager displays all styles available in the drawing. Settings for the selected style are displayed in the panel below the sample images.

From the ribbon, you can change some frequently used settings or open the Visual Styles Manager.

The following predefined visual styles are supplied with the product:

• 2D Wireframe. Displays objects using lines and curves to represent the boundaries.

• Conceptual. Displays objects using smooth shading and the Gooch face style. The Gooch face style transitions between cool and warm colors, rather than dark and light. The effect is less realistic, but it can make the details of the model easier to see.

• Hidden. Displays objects using wireframe representation and hides lines representing back faces.

• Realistic. Displays objects using smooth shading and materials.

• Shaded. Displays objects using smooth shading.

• Shaded with Edges. Displays objects using smooth shading and visible edges.

• Shades of Gray. Displays objects using smooth shading and monochromatic shades of gray.

• Sketchy. Displays objects with a hand-sketched effect by using the Line Extensions and Jitter edge modifiers.

• Wireframe. Displays objects using lines and curves to represent the boundaries.

• X-ray. Displays objects with partial transparency.