Display Styles Dialog
Used to define and manage display styles in the active file and to view display styles available from DGN libraries.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| New | Click to create a new, default display style in the open DGN file. It appears in the list box where you can give it a name. |
| Copy | Click to create a display style by copying the selected one. |
| Update From Library | Display styles are typically saved as shared resources in DGN libraries, but are copied locally when used and can become de-synchronized from the DGN library. When a display style by the same name exists in a DGN library, selecting the display style and clicking this icon updates the display style in the open DGN file to reflect the changes in the DGN library. If a display style in a DGN library changes, display styles used in DGN files prior to the change are not automatically updated. |
| Delete | Deletes the selected display style. Display styles shown from a DGN library that have not been used locally cannot be deleted. |
| Display Styles (list box) | Lists display styles . To edit a display style, you must first select it. Clicking a display style a second time allows you to rename it. |
| Display | Sets the render mode for the selected display style. These are analogous to the render modes available in previous editions. |
| Use File Order | (Wireframe render mode only) If on, displays the
geometry in the order it was created.
This check box replaces a configuration variable that was used in earlier editions. Prior to the V8 XM Edition "legacy draw order" was always used, meaning that regardless of an element’s Z value, elements that were added to the file later were displayed on top. In the V8 XM editions, the element’s Z value was respected, but you could set a configuration variable to enable the old behavior. In the V8i and later editions, turning on this check box enables the old behavior. |
| Geometry Maps | (Visible Edge, Filled Visible Edge, or Shaded render modes only) Turns on the display of the geometry maps. |
| Shadows | (Shaded render mode only) If on, shadows are displayed in views to which the selected display style is applied. |
| Pattern Maps | (Shaded render mode only) Turns on the display of the pattern maps. If both Display Pattern Maps and Display Geometry Maps are on and the display has both types of maps, the pattern map displays. |
| Ignore Lighting | (Shaded render mode only) Provides the ability to display in shaded mode without lighting. Most effectively used with Visible Edges display, it produces an abstract, sketchy display that is useful when visualizing interior spaces or when viewing models with highly reflective materials such as chrome. |
| Use Color From Material | (Visible Edge or Filled Visible Edge render modes only) When on, the element color is extracted from the element’s material rather than from its color property. If the material uses a pattern map, the average color from the pattern image is used. When off, the element color is used. |
| Transparency Threshold | (Visible Edge or Filled Visible Edge render modes only) If on, determines the percentage transparency at which the element is no longer considered to be transparent in the visible edges solution. For example, if a geometry is placed with 50% transparency, then it will appear transparent in the visible edges solution only if the transparency threshold is set to less than 50%. For visible edge purposes, an object that appears transparent will display edges, but will not obscure itself or objects behind it. |
| Transparency Threshold value | (Visible Edge or Filled Visible Edge render modes only) Only available if Transparency Threshold is on. Allows you to view or set the transparency of the display style. Transparency can range from 0% and 100% where a value of 0 indicates no transparency at all, while a value of 100 indicates almost complete transparency. |
| Display Rules | Sets the
display rule
for
the display style. A display rule is a set of display criteria which are
processed on any view of a design. To create a new rule, select Create New
Display Rule Set from the drop-down list.
Clicking the adjacent icon
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| Element | If on, sets the override style for the element.
Clicking the drop-down displays Color, Style, Weight, and Transparency options
for element override. You can set these override properties by selecting the
respective check box. This setting overrides the element and ByLevel
properties.
The Visible Edges settings have precedence over element overrides. Hence, if you apply both, the visible edges settings and element overrides, the visible edges in the model will take the visible edges settings. Similarly, while exporting visible edges, if the Visible Edge Overrides are set in the Export Visible Edges dialog, they will have precedence over visible edges settings and element overrides. |
| Material | (Shaded render mode only) If on, objects can be shown
with no material or with an overridden material. If a material is applied, the
material name is shown in the adjacent field.
Clicking the adjacent icon
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| Background | If on, shows the background color or environment of
views to which the selected display style is applied.
If set to Color, the true color overrides the view background color in the attached color table and Background Color preferences. Clicking the adjacent color button opens the drop-down Modify Color dialog for setting the Override Background Color. You can also set the environment from this option. The options for the environment are derived from the LuxologyRender.dgnlib file. Clicking the adjacent button opens the Background dialog with different settings for the environment. |
| Reflection | If on, allows you to set the reflection seen in the material different from the visible background. This setting controls the reflection seen in PBR materials. When using PBR materials, the Reflection color, gradient or image will be seen as a reflection on shiny or metallic materials. If Reflection is not set, the background will be used. |
| Thematic Display | If on, thematic display style is applied to the
model. Following thematic display style options are available in the drop-down
next to the check box:
Clicking the adjacent icon
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| Invisible to Camera | Geometry will not be visible but will appear in reflections and shadows. The elements with display styles having this check box turned on will not be rendered. |
| Visible Edges | (Shaded render mode only) If on, visible edges are
displayed in views to which the selected display style is applied.
The Visible Edges settings have precedence over element overrides. Hence, if you apply both, the visible edges settings and element overrides, the visible edges in the model will take the visible edges settings. Similarly, while exporting visible edges, if the Visible Edge Overrides are set in the Export Visible Edges dialog, they will have precedence over visible edges settings and element overrides. |
| Hidden Edges | (Visible Edge render mode or Filled Visible Edge render mode, or Shaded render mode with Visible Edges on) If on, sets the line style and line weight with which hidden edges are displayed in views to which the selected display style is applied. You can select the hidden edges line weight as Same as Visible Edge or 0. |
| Treat Open Elements as Edges | (Visible Edge render mode or Filled Visible Edge render mode, or Shaded render mode with Visible Edges on) If on, all open elements are treated as visible edges and the edge settings are applied to them. While exporting visible edges, if this check box is on, the open elements are treated as visible edges and exported. |
| Hidden | If on, the display style is not visible in the Display Styles list. |
| Views | If on, the display style is available in the Display Style list in the Presentation section of the View Attributes dialog and in the list of display modes when you click the View Display Mode icon in a view control bar. You can use the display style for the entire view. |
| Clip Volumes | If on, the display style is available in the Clip Volume Settings section of the View Attributes dialog. You can use the display style for the Forward, Back, Cut, and/or Outside of the clip volume. |
| Preview pane | Displays how the display style will look using the active settings in the active display style. |
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