Render and Appearance Panels

Render panel

On the Render panel, click Render Properties to open the following dialog:

Set the Shader type to one of the following values:

Depending on the shader selected, additional controls are activated for you to adjust other settings such as lighting, opacity, and element edge color. Experiment with effects by using the slider for each setting. Numeric values are shown if you need to record them to replicate the effect at another time. You can always reset the rendering by clicking the small render reset button in the Render panel.

Appearance panel

Select the Units for the view (Metric, Imperial, or SI) and if you want a more realistic view of a project, select Perspective.