0.1.2 Graphics

Adjust and customize the visual graphics of environment and objects in the viewer.

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Predefined Configurations

Choose from the following preset graphic setting configurations:

• Best Performance

• Optimize for performance
• All graphic settings disabled to increase frame rate

• Recommended

• Optimize for both performance and quality

• Best Quality

• Optimize for quality

• Custom

• Manually adjust graphic settings

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Shadow

• Ground Shadow - Toggle shadows that appear on the ground from structures and objects
• Ambient Occlusion - Toggle and adjust realistic shadows from ambient lighting on building model surfaces

Environment

• Environmental Lighting - Adjust the ambient color from a warm to cool atmosphere
• Background Color - Customize the surrounding background color from the default of white

Building & Object Display

• Building Edges - Show the edges of the 3D building model
• Object White Line - Show white outline when selecting objects
• Anti Aliasing - Smooth object edges

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What is Ambient Occlusion?

• Ambient Occlusion is a rendering setting that calculates the exposure to, or obstruction of, an object to ambient lighting
• Observe this setting change in the corners of rooms or where there are surrounding objects which generate a shadow

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After

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