Performance Settings

Lets you select trade-offs between performance and quality, as well as temporarily disable some visual updates to improve interactivity.

Dependency Graph Evaluation

To set when to refresh (or redraw the screen) when manipulating objects, in the Dependency Graph Evaluation section, select one of the following:

Drag

Refreshes the display during the drag.

Demand

Refreshes the display only when you release the mouse button and click the Update button that appears in the bottom right of the display window.

Release

Refreshes the display only when you release the mouse button.

Surfaces options

To control complex operations on surfaces during mouse interaction, in the Surfaces section, select one of the following beside the surface:

On

Performs complex operations during mouse interactions.

Off

Completely disables complex operations during mouse interaction.

Interactive

Suspends complex operations during mouse interaction.

Deformers options

To control complex operations on deformers during mouse interaction, in the Deformers section, select one of the following beside the surface:

On

Performs complex operations during mouse interactions.

Off

Completely disables complex operations during mouse interaction.

Interactive

Suspends complex operations during mouse interaction.

Per Node

For Lattice Resolution only, improves redraw performance for lattice deformations by setting the Use Partial Resolution attribute to partial and setting the Percent Resolution on a per node basis.

Global

For Lattice Resolution only, improves the redraw performance of all lattice deformations.

Set Global Lattice Resolution to Full, High, Medium, or Low. A Low setting corresponds to a low percentage, and therefore more improved performance.