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Visualization, Graphics, and Studio Enhancements

Studio Enhancements

Note: Inventor Studio is no longer available on an Inventor LT 32 bit operating system due to the 32 bit memory limitations. The new and advanced rendering engine, RapidRT is not supported in a 32 bit environment.

New support for Image Based Lighting (IBL)

All lighting styles in Inventor Studio are now associated with an IBL. IBL provides a better lighting source.

Image-based lighting from the modeling environment is now supported by Inventor Studio. To render from the modeling lighting environment, use the commands available on the View tab, then use the Current Lighting in the Studio Render Image dialog box, or change to other lighting styles from Render Image dialog box.

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New 2016 IBL Lighting Style features

  • IBL provides association
  • Background turn on/off
  • Support additive lights

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Advanced rendering engine RapidRT provides new configurations for rendering

  • Time duration/iterations/unlimited mode
  • Lighting and Material Accuracy modes

Obsolete options removed:

  • Scene Style: The Ground plane and shadow effect settings specified in the View tab now display in the rendered model in Inventor Studio.

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  • The Studio Render Illustration settings have been moved to the View tab Appearance Panel Visual Styles drop-down menu. The new Technical Illustration command creates a realistic illustration effect in the graphics window.

Ground Plane and Shadow Effect display in final rendering result

The Ground plane and shadow effect settings specified in the View tab will now display in the rendered model.

Graphics Enhancements

The enhanced Shaded visual style display effect is now more consistent with Realistic visual style. Enhanced visual effect for shaded view. The following two images compare the results of using Shaded View in 2015 and 2016. High rendering performance is maintained.

Technical Illustration Visual Style

The Studio Render Illustration settings have been moved to the View tab Appearance Panel Visual Styles drop-down menu. The new Technical Illustration command creates a realistic illustration effect in the graphics window.

New IBL styles

11 new lighting styles are added to the View tab Appearance Panel Lighting Styles menu. These include Dark Sky, Gray Room, Infinity Pool, Photo Booth, Tranquility Blue, Sharp Highlights, Rim Highlights, Cool Light, Warm Light, Soft Light, and Grid Light.

Changes to Ray Tracing

  • The Ray Tracing modes are changed to Low, Draft, and High to indicate the lighting and material accuracy.
  • The progress status bar is changed to display quality measurement instead of percentage progress.
  • You can now save an image any time during Ray Tracing.

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Visual enhancement in drawings

The new Reflection Environment settings in the drawing Document Settings dialog box allow you to apply specular effect and specify a Reflection map in a Drawing (.idw) file.

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