Best Visual Styles setting for best performance??

[tzframpton]

So, who has done their own trial & error of setting a good Visual Style that is tuned for the best overall 3D performance and look? Any ideas? If not I was going to start really "munkying" around with it and see what performs the best for me. Like for instance, the Conceptual V.S. looks cool, but SUCKS when it comes to performance. Just thought I would see if anyone already had a good setup already. Thanks in advance.

[MaxwellEdison]

2D/3D Wireframe. The only time I turn on anything else (usually Realistic with isolines turned off) is in the object viewer. I still have active degradation on when I'm in the viewer.

[rgarjr]

Only ones that I mainly use are 2D Wire and Realistic.

[Cad64]

I've found that 3DHidden and Conceptual are really not good styles to use while working. They really bog down your system. I would recommend sticking with wireframe and realistic. I constantly switch back and forth between these two visual styles while working.

[rkent]

I rarely use them during editing, I will apply them to see what the plot will look like, then turn them off. Then for plotting I only set it in PS through the MVIEW command, Shadeplot options. Otherwise for even small files it takes way too long for me.

[tzframpton]

I've found that 3DHidden and Conceptual are really not good styles to use while working. They really bog down your system. I would recommend sticking with wireframe and realistic. I constantly switch back and forth between these two visual styles while working.

Yep, I agree. I think I've narrowed it down to Realistic, with No Isolines, and Facet edges instead of Smooth. Plus, I updated my graphics driver, and that alone helped. I'm ready to rock 'n' roll now. Thanks for the reassurance guys.