MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Visualization Toolbox

The Visualization toolbox contains tools and toolboxes for creating rendered images, creating and applying materials and environment maps, setting up camera views, and setting up lighting.

Note: All tools in a toolbox are not always visible by default. To see all tools, right-click in the toolbox and select Show All from the menu.

To Use tools in the
Preview renders of one or more views, save renderings to file, create a panorama, or manage rendering setups.


Render toolbox
Place light sources, control source and global lighting settings, manage lighting setups or manipulate the solar path.


Lights toolbox
Set up a camera view, define a camera, or match a view to a photo.


Cameras toolbox
Define or apply materials, add environment maps, adjust maps, query materials, or preview materials in a view.


Materials toolbox
Add, adjust, or remove, material projections.


Material Projections toolbox
Key-in: DIALOG TOOLBOX VISUALIZATION