Overview

MicroStation offers a variety of rendering options, ranging from the simplest wireframe image to photorealistic images.

This chapter presents an overview of MicroStation's hidden line and rendering options. In addition, you will be introduced to tool boxes and settings that have an effect on your renderings. The Constant, Smooth, Phong, and Ray Trace routines are presented and their settings explained. The importance of Antialiasing, Environment Mapping, Fresnel Effects, and Render All Objects options are reviewed. The use of the Depth of Field tool to achieve photographic-quality renderings is presented along with other tools including Distance Cueing and Fog and Depth Cueing effects.