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Change visual styles of a model from presets, and further enhance the style with lighting, color, and shadow options.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:04
In Inventor, visual styles include appearance properties to define model faces and edges in the canvas.
00:11
Several standard visual styles are provided as presets,
00:15
and you can also define other appearance settings, such as lighting, shadows, and reflections.
00:21
To start, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click Projects.
00:25
In the Projects dialog, click Browse, navigate to where the project files are saved, and then select Front loader.ipj.
00:35
Click Open.
00:37
In the Projects dialog, click Done.
00:40
From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open.
00:45
Navigate to the Data folder, select Front Loader.iam, and then click Open.
00:51
On the ribbon, in the View tab, Appearance panel, expand the Visual Style drop-down and select Technical Illustration.
01:00
The front loader model is updated to this style.
01:04
From the Grid Light drop-down, select Grey Room.
01:08
Still in the appearance panel, switch to Perspective mode.
01:13
To save an image of this view, click File > Export > Image.
01:20
In the Save As dialog, change the Save as type to PNG Files.
01:26
Enter a name and select a location.
01:29
Click Save to save your image.
01:33
Next, change your settings to create a black and white artistic view of the model.
01:39
On the ribbon, in the View tab, Appearance panel, expand the Visual Style drop-down and select Wireframe with Visible Edges Only.
01:49
Notice that the edge lines are currently displayed as the color.
01:53
You can change this.
01:55
On the ribbon, in the Tools tab, Options panel, click Document Settings.
02:01
In the Document Settings dialog, on the Settings tab, General section, click the Display Appearance Settings button.
02:09
In the Settings dialog, Model Edges section, select One Color, and then make sure that the color swatch is set to Black.
02:19
Click OK to close the Settings dialog.
02:22
Click Apply, and then Close to close the Document Settings dialog.
02:28
Notice that the lines are now black.
02:32
You can also change the color of the background.
02:36
On the Tools tab, Options panel, click Application Options.
02:41
In the Application Options dialog, switch to the Colors tab.
02:47
In the In-canvas Color Scheme list, select Presentation.
02:53
In the Background drop-down, select 1 Color.
02:58
The Presentation 1 Color scheme default is white.
03:02
Click OK to update the background color to white.
03:07
To apply shadows, switch back to the View tab.
03:11
In the Appearance panel, expand the Shadows drop-down and enable Object Shadows and Ambient Shadows.
03:19
To save this image, click File > Export > Image.
03:25
In the Save As dialog, change the Save as type to PNG Files.
03:31
Enter a name and select a location.
03:34
In the Save As dialog, you can click Options to see other options,
03:38
such as setting the X and Y pixel size of your image.
03:42
Click Save to save your image.
Video transcript
00:04
In Inventor, visual styles include appearance properties to define model faces and edges in the canvas.
00:11
Several standard visual styles are provided as presets,
00:15
and you can also define other appearance settings, such as lighting, shadows, and reflections.
00:21
To start, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click Projects.
00:25
In the Projects dialog, click Browse, navigate to where the project files are saved, and then select Front loader.ipj.
00:35
Click Open.
00:37
In the Projects dialog, click Done.
00:40
From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open.
00:45
Navigate to the Data folder, select Front Loader.iam, and then click Open.
00:51
On the ribbon, in the View tab, Appearance panel, expand the Visual Style drop-down and select Technical Illustration.
01:00
The front loader model is updated to this style.
01:04
From the Grid Light drop-down, select Grey Room.
01:08
Still in the appearance panel, switch to Perspective mode.
01:13
To save an image of this view, click File > Export > Image.
01:20
In the Save As dialog, change the Save as type to PNG Files.
01:26
Enter a name and select a location.
01:29
Click Save to save your image.
01:33
Next, change your settings to create a black and white artistic view of the model.
01:39
On the ribbon, in the View tab, Appearance panel, expand the Visual Style drop-down and select Wireframe with Visible Edges Only.
01:49
Notice that the edge lines are currently displayed as the color.
01:53
You can change this.
01:55
On the ribbon, in the Tools tab, Options panel, click Document Settings.
02:01
In the Document Settings dialog, on the Settings tab, General section, click the Display Appearance Settings button.
02:09
In the Settings dialog, Model Edges section, select One Color, and then make sure that the color swatch is set to Black.
02:19
Click OK to close the Settings dialog.
02:22
Click Apply, and then Close to close the Document Settings dialog.
02:28
Notice that the lines are now black.
02:32
You can also change the color of the background.
02:36
On the Tools tab, Options panel, click Application Options.
02:41
In the Application Options dialog, switch to the Colors tab.
02:47
In the In-canvas Color Scheme list, select Presentation.
02:53
In the Background drop-down, select 1 Color.
02:58
The Presentation 1 Color scheme default is white.
03:02
Click OK to update the background color to white.
03:07
To apply shadows, switch back to the View tab.
03:11
In the Appearance panel, expand the Shadows drop-down and enable Object Shadows and Ambient Shadows.
03:19
To save this image, click File > Export > Image.
03:25
In the Save As dialog, change the Save as type to PNG Files.
03:31
Enter a name and select a location.
03:34
In the Save As dialog, you can click Options to see other options,
03:38
such as setting the X and Y pixel size of your image.
03:42
Click Save to save your image.
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