Viewing the Rendering Style per Object

The Rendering style per object option takes into account the rendering styles that have been defined in the Properties dialog box or in the Object Properties panel. Usually, these attributes are ignored when drawing objects.

The rendering styles you can apply in the graphic properties are: Shading, Shading with Edges, Transparent, and Wireframe. When elements have been assigned one of these rendering styles, this style supersedes the style of the tab.

Before you begin:
  • This option is available in the View Mode Customization dialog box. To access it from the action bar, access the Visualization preferences, and then click V1 in the View Modes section.
  • 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 example, 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 product in Wireframe. But if you select the product then define it to No Specific Rendering, the product is displayed as Transparent. This is also true for geometrical sets.
  • The Rendering style per object option can be selected only when one of the following view modes is also selected: All edges, All points, Gouraud, or Material shading.
  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. From the View section of the action bar, click Customize View .
  3. In the View Mode Customization dialog box, activate the rendering style of your choice (Shading in our example).
    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.

This displays each element with its specific rendering style.

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