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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Visual Preferences Page</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The Preferences&rarr;Visualization &rarr;Visual Preferences tab sets preferences for the Visual option, for the current work view. That is, the name of the work view is selected in the list box, and the remaining settings reflect current visualization attributes of the work view.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Settings for the Visual option affect the selected views only, except for the settings Translucency, Line Antialiasing, Full Scene Antialiasing, Edge Emphasis, Advanced Studio Display, and Update Hidden Edges, which affect all views. </p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  When you toggle the first check box to modify attributes (which affect selected views only), a green checkmark symbol shows indicating that all selected views are updated with the new attribute setting. If you decide to re-modify the attribute, uncheck the check box and click OK or Apply. Only attributes marked with a check will actually be applied to the selected views.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Option</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Description</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Rendering Style</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the appearance of surface objects in the view.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">General Page</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Shaded Edge Color</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the color, if any, applied to visible edges of shaded faces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Hidden Edge Style</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the appearance of hidden edges of shaded faces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_2sidedlt_r.html');return(false);">Two-Sided Light</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the direction for lighting two sides of the selected edges. A slider bar indicates the intensity of the brightness.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_shiny_r.html');return(false);">Shininess</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the intensity of the graphics driver addition of highlights to shaded surfaces, making them appear shiny.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_trans_r.html');return(false);">Translucency</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies whether surfaces should be rendered as translucent or opaque.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_lineanti_r.html');return(false);">Line Antialiasing</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Provides options to smooth the jagged, stair-step lines common in computer displays.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Full Scene Antialiasing</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Smoothes the jagged, stair-step (&quot;aliased&quot;) appearance of the perimeters of shaded surfaces. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Edge Emphasis</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the quality and accuracy of edge display for shaded faces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Advanced Studio Display</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the use of enhanced realism for Studio rendering style.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_hidedges_r.html');return(false);">Hidden Edges</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Determines how hidden edges are displayed in the selected view.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_silhou_r.html');return(false);">Silhouettes</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls whether the silhouettes on cones, cylinders, spheres, and tori solid bodies display.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_smooth_r.html');return(false);">Smooth Edges</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls whether edges shared by tangent faces display or not.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_vis_visual_update_r.html');return(false);">Update Hidden Edges</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls whether or not hidden edges are updated whenever a solid body is edited.</p>
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