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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_scenes_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Stage</b> scene element is similar to a showroom environment cube, where walls are either <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_scenes_reflect_r.html#Stage_Floor_Walls');return(false);">reflective</a> or invisible. The check box for <b class="uiTerm">Show Environment Cube</b> in the<b class="uiTerm"> Visualize Shape Studio</b> toolbar  also controls the display of the scene stage elements.  If you clear the check box, the stage element of the scene is not displayed. The basic scene stage provides the additional capability of using any of the floor or walls of the cube as a shadow catcher, where shadows cast onto it are visible, but the plane itself is essentially invisible.  This is controlled on the <b class="uiTerm">Stage</b> page by the <b class="uiTerm">Floor/Wall</b> type.  By default the stage's (floor's) orientation is based on the WCS XY plane. 
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