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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Background</div>
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      <p class="para_topic"> The Background properties are divided into three main sections: the overall type of background, the primary background, and the secondary background.</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">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_visfx_back_type_r.html');return(false);">(Overall) Type</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Selects the overall type.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Mix Ratio</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Determines which background, the primary or the secondary, is dominant in the displayed view. Enabled only for the Mixed background type. Controlled by a slider.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Distance</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Controls the distance from the &quot;at point&quot;. The &quot;at point&quot; is set by the  Perspective option on the Perspective page of the Visualization Preferences dialog. Enabled only for the Two Planes background type.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_visfx_back_ps_r.html');return(false);">Primary and Secondary Background</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Selects a background (Primary and Secondary) for edit.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Makes additional parameters available when setting up a background for a shaded image.</p>
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