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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Creating visual effects using predefined scenes</div>
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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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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_scenes_p.html');return(false);">How To</a></p>
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      <p class="para_division">You must have a part open and your Rendering Style must be Studio.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Visualization</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Visualization Preferences</b> dialog box, click the <b class="uiTerm">Visual</b> tab.
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            <p class="para_item">From the <b class="uiTerm">Rendering Style</b> list, select <b class="uiTerm">Studio</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">On the Resource bar, click the <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_scene_selct_scn_r.html');return(false);">System Visualization Scene Palette</a></b> tab <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/gateway/basic_scene_editor/select_from_image_palette.gif" border="0">. 
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            <p class="para_item">Drag a scene from the palette into your work view.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">To change the settings of any scene elements in your work view:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">View</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Visualization</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Basic Scene Editor</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Basic Scene Editor</b> click the <b class="uiTerm">Background</b> tab.
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            <p class="para_item">From the Background list, select <b class="uiTerm">Image File</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">For the Background Image, click one of the following:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Select Image File</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/gateway/basic_scene_editor/select_image_file.gif" border="0"> allows you to use select from previously created background image files.
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                  <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Select from Image Palette</b> <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/gateway/basic_scene_editor/select_from_image_palette.gif" border="0"> allows you to use the NX default background image files.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the image you want and click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Make further adjustments to your scene using the <b class="uiTerm">Lights</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Stage</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Reflection</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Image-Based Lighting</b> tabs.
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      <div class="title_division">Save your edits as a new scene</div>
      <p class="para_division">You can capture the scene characteristics of the current work view and generate a new visualization scene that you can later drag into other views.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Create a new <b class="uiTerm">ugpalette</b> by going into any palette&rarr;right-mouse click&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">New Palette</b></p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the new palette right-click&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">New Entry</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Visualization Scene</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Extract Scene</b> dialog box, provide a <b class="uiTerm">Scene Name</b>, a <b class="uiTerm">Thumbnail Image</b>, and a <b class="uiTerm">Description</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>. 
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            <p class="para_item">The scene characteristics of the work view are captured into a new scene entry for that palette.</p>
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