Define the View Area to Render

You can render part of a 3D view.

You might use this strategy for the following reasons:

• To focus on a particular part of the 3D view.
• To test render appearances for materials applied to model elements.
• To reduce the size of the resulting image file.

When rendering an image, the software renders only the specified part of the building model.

To define the view area to render, use one or more of the following methods:

• Crop region: Open the 3D view, and apply a crop region to define the area to render. To check or change the size of the cropped view, select the crop region, and click Modify | Cameras tabCrop panel (Size Crop).
• Camera clipping plane: The camera clipping plane defines the depth of the 3D view to render. When you reduce this clipping plane, the software has fewer model elements to process when producing the rendered image.