Ray tracing enhances model visualization by taking multiple samples of light as it contacts various objects in the scene. It enhances shadows and transparency effects, which provide a realistic visual experience. Ray tracing uses the highest resolution of the installed Autodesk Material Library. You can save a ray traced display as an image.
Changing the view orientation, or starting another command interrupts the ray tracing process. Where applicable, such as when using Orbit, the ray trace process reinitializes when the active command ceases to be used. For other commands, ray tracing disables automatically. To re-enable ray tracing use the ribbon access point.
When you enable ray tracing, the bar unfolds in the lower right corner of the display, providing access to the three modes. The process begins using the default settings. When complete, the ray tracing bar auto-hides after a couple of seconds. Moving the cursor into the bar area causes the bar to redisplay.
If a rendering process with ray tracing takes more than 3 seconds, a progress bar appears in the lower right corner of the display. Clicking the "X" disables ray tracing and closes the progress bar.