Light and Materials

[Burner]

I have added light and materials to my object. When I'm in layout tab these details do not appear in the viewport. Is there a way to view what I'm seeing in 3D model space?

[ReMark]

Have you produced a rendering? That's where I would expect them to show up.

[Burner]

Yes, I produced a rendering, but I am unsure of the next step. It shows up in a separate window rather than the viewport.

 

I hope to produce PDF copies using Publish Selected Layouts. If the rendering would somehow show up in the viewport area OR the viewport show some sort of definition rather than a black object, I would be golden.

[Patrick Hughes]

The render dialog should have an option to render to destination

 

Viewport

Render Window

File...

 

It would seem you are rendering to the Render Window

 

maybe more - I've got an older AutoCAD copy. Look in help.

[Cad64]

I have added light and materials to my object. When I'm in layout tab these details do not appear in the viewport. Is there a way to view what I'm seeing in 3D model space?

 

Double click inside the viewport, type SHADEMODE at the command prompt and change the setting to "Realistic".

 

Yes, I produced a rendering, but I am unsure of the next step. It shows up in a separate window rather than the viewport.

 

Type RPREF at the command prompt to open the Advanced Render Settings palette. At the top of the palette, under "General", you can change the render "Destination" to either Window or Viewport.

 

I hope to produce PDF copies using Publish Selected Layouts. If the rendering would somehow show up in the viewport area OR the viewport show some sort of definition rather than a black object, I would be golden.

 

If you want to create a PDF from your render, you will have to render to Window and then save to one of the available image formats. From there, you can open the image in any image editing program and print to PDF. As far as I know, you can't do it directly from the viewport render.

[Burner]

Great info. Definitely helps me out.

 

If you want to create a PDF from your render, you will have to render to Window and then save to one of the available image formats. From there, you can open the image in any image editing program and print to PDF. As far as I know, you can't do it directly from the viewport render.

 

It would be nice to print the entire layout, including border, render and additional 2D viewports with dimensions...