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ActiveShade Floater
Main toolbar > Q uick Render flyout > Quick Render
(ActiveShade)
Menu bar > Rendering > ActiveShade Floater
Click ActiveShade Floater to create an ActiveShade
renderinginitsownwindow.
OnlyoneActiveShadewindowcanbevisibleata
time. If you change a viewport to an ActiveShade
view while a floating ActiveShade window is open,
you get a message that asks w hether you want to
close the floating window, or stop the operation.
See also
ActiveShade (page 3–17)
ActiveShade Commands (Quad Menu) (page 3–22)
ActiveShade Initialize and Update (page 3–904)
ActiveS hade Viewpor t
Rendering menu > ActiveShade V iewport
Right-click viewport lab el. > Views > ActiveShade
Creates an ActiveShaderendering(page3–17)that
is "docked" in a viewport.
Only one ActiveShade rendering can be displayed
at a time. If you try to display a floating
ActiveShade window while an ActiveShade
viewport is displayed, you get a message that asks
whether you want to close the docked ActiveShade
rendering, or stop the operation. If you go ahead
andclosethedockedActiveShaderendering,the
viewport reverts to the view it previously showed.
ActiveSh ade Commands
When you righ t-click an ActiveShade viewport,
the quad menu (page 3–694) displays an
ActiveShade menu. This menu contains a number
of ActiveShade commands (page 3–22).
Acti v e S h ad e and Ob ject S e l e ct i o n
If you select an object b efore you invoke
ActiveShade, ActiveShade is done only for that
object. This can greatly increase the speed of
ActiveShade.
Similarly, once the ActiveShade window is open,
the initialize and update steps (page 3–904)
(whether automatic or manual) are done only for
the selected object.
In a "docked" ActiveShade v iewport, you can
select objects by r ight-clicking, turning on S elect
Object in the Tools (lower-right) quadrant of the
quad menu, then clicking the object you want
toselect.InanActiveShadeviewport,onlyone
object at a time can be selected.
Tip: When an object in an ActiveShade window has
a mapped material, select it before you change a
map or adjust its parameters.
Procedures
To display the toolbar for the ActiveShade viewport:
•PresstheSpacebar .
The
Spa ceba r toggles the toolbar display. In
view por ts, the toolbar is off by default.
(Thisisamainuserinterfaceshortcut,sothe
Keyboard Shortcut Override Toggle can be
either on or off.)
The controls on the toolbar for an Activ eShade
viewport are the same as for a floating ActiveShade
window (page 3–21).
To change the ActiveS hade v iewpor t to another k i nd
of v iewpor t, do one of the foll owing:
•Right-clicktheActiveShadeviewport,and
choose Close from the View (upper-left)
quadrant of the quad menu.