Visual Styles

Function

Displays a drawing using the chosen style.

2D Wireframe — Drawing displays in two dimensions with all lines drawn at the edge of entities.
Conceptual — Drawing displays in three dimensions with surfaces filled with conceptual colors.
Hidden — Drawing displays in three dimensions with all lines drawn at the edge of entities except those behind surfaces.
Realistic — Drawing displays in three dimensions with surfaces filled with assigned materials.
Shaded — Drawing displays in three dimensions with surfaces shaded.
Shaded with Edges — Drawing displays in three dimensions with surfaces shaded and all lines drawn at the edge of entities.
Shades of Gray — Drawing displays in three dimensions with surfaces shaded in monochromatic shades of gray.
Sketchy — Drawing displays in two and three dimensions with a freehand sketch effect.
Wireframe — Drawing displays in three dimensions with all lines drawn at the edge of surfaces.
X-ray — Drawing displays in three dimensions with surfaces partially transparent.

Some visual styles are available only when Advanced (OpenGL ES) is set as the graphics device in the Graphics Performance dialog box.