Ray Tracing dialog box

Provides an enhanced visualization experience that reduces the need for a separate rendering environment for producing realistic views of your design.

Access

On the View tab Appearance panel, click Ray Tracing

Render Mode Definitions

Mode	Interactive	Good	Best
Max Progressive Iterations	4	16	64
Ambient Occlusion	Follows Ambient Shadows UI setting; ON or OFF	Follows Ambient Shadows UI setting; ON or OFF	Follows Ambient Shadows UI setting; ON or OFF
Global Illumination	Always OFF	Always OFF	Follows Ambient Occlusion setting
IBL Method	Ambient environment light only	Physical lighting from environment	Physical lighting from environment

Ray Tracing Controls

Fold/Unfold	Click the arrow to collapse the render mode section. Move the cursor over the bar title area to expand the mode section.
Modes	Displays the three render mode options. Click the radio button to use one. The default is Interactive. Selecting a different mode halts the ray tracing process, and begins again using the selected mode settings.
Progress	Displays the progress of display refinement based on the render mode. Displays the percentage complete and elapsed time.
Pause	Interrupts the ray tracing process at the current refinement state. Click Continue to resume the ray tracing process. Changing view orientation or settings causes the ray tracing process to reset and start anew.
Disable	Halts the ray tracing process. Closes the ray tracing interface.

Visual styles that can have ray tracing enabled:

Visual Style	Ray Tracing default when selected
Realistic	Enabled automatically.
Monochrome	Disabled, manually enable via the ribbon access point.