Edit > 3D Graphics Options

Use this menu option to display the 3D Graphics Options panel and specify the graphics settings for ArtCAM.

Note: The availability of some settings is license dependent.

To specify the options, expand one of the sections in the panel, edit the settings, then click Apply to save your changes.

Tip: To restore the default settings for all options, click Reset.

Rendering

Click the Rendering control bar to expand its settings.

General

Select Use flat shading to use flat rather than smooth shading. If selected, it may speed up graphics performance in OpenGL 2.0 mode for graphics cards with not much graphics memory. If deselected, reliefs appear smoother and less pixelated.
Select the default material from the Material list for ArtCAM to use when rendering reliefs.

Simulation

Select Disable dynamic level-of-detail to fix simulation rendering at high-detail.
If Depth Colour is selected, the areas below the simulation block surface that have been machined away are coloured in the primary colour.
Select the default material from the Material list for ArtCAM to use when rendering a simulation.

Click the Offscreen Rendering control bar to expand its settings.

Select Disable dynamic level-of-detail to fix simulation rendering at high-detail.
If Depth Colour is selected, the areas below the simulation block surface that have been machined away are coloured in the primary colour.
Select the default material from the Material list for ArtCAM to use when rendering a simulation.
Use Framebuffer Objects — If selected, this option ensures framebuffer objects are used for offscreen rendering in OpenGL 2 mode. This option should remain selected unless you encounter problems.
Use GPU for selection — If antialiasing is forced on in the graphics driver, this causes an incompatibility with this option which can adversely affect the selection of nodes or relief clipart in the 3D view. If this happens, deselect this option or turn off antialiasing.

Click the Vectors control bar to expand its settings.

Select the plane in which the vectors will be drawn in the 3D view from the Draw Plane list.

Base Plane — Select to align your vector artwork and 2D toolpath previews with the relief zero plane.
World Zero Plane — Select to align your vector artwork and 2D toolpath previews with the material Z zero position.
Top of Material — Select to align your vector artwork and 2D toolpath previews with the top of the material block.
Bottom of Material — Select to align your vector artwork and 2D toolpath previews with the bottom of the material block.

Click the Spin Update Rate control bar to expand its setting.

Enter a value in the Spin Update Rate box to control how often ArtCAM tries to redraw the 3D view when spinning the model. The default value is 20 ms.

Click the Relief Gradient Analysis control bar to expand its settings.

Click the Relief Height Analysis control bar to display its settings.