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Selection-r elative Sub-object S ets—
Uses selection
relative sub-object sets in the code. Default=on.
Absolute Transform Assignments—Uses absolute
transforms in the code.
Relative Transform Operations—Uses selection
relative transform operations in the code.
Radiosity Preferences
Customize menu > Preferences > Preference Settings
dialog > Radiosity tab
On the Radiosity panel of t he Preference Settings
dialog, you set options for the radiosity solution
(page 3–51).
See also
Modeling Global Illumination with Radiosity (page
3–51)
Radiosit y Controls (page 3–61)
Inter face
Material Editor group
Display Reflectance & Transmittance
Information—
When on, reflectance and
transmittance values (page 2–1430) are displayed
in the Material Editor.
Note: Inordertomakethischangeeffective,you
need to close and restart the Material Editor.
Interactive Display group
Display R adiosity in V iewports—When on, radiosity
effects are displayed in the viewports.
Radiosit y Processing group
Automatica lly Process Refine I terations Stored in
Geometr ic Obj ects—
When on, all refine iterations
stored in geometric objects are automatically
processed.
Start/Reset Behavior
Displ ay R eset War ni ng—When on, a warning
message is displayed whenever you reset the
radiositysolutioninyourscene.
Update Da ta W hen R equir ed on St art —When
on,theradiosityenginemustberesetandthen
recalculated if the solution is invalidated. In this
case, the Start button changes to read Update &
Start. When this is pressed, the radiosity solution
is reset and the calculation starts over again.
When thi s toggle is off, the radiosity solution does
not need to be reset if it is invalidated. You can
continue processing your scene with the invalid
solution.
Note: The r adiosity solution is invalidated any time
an object or light is added, removed, moved, or
altered in any way.
File Save group
Sav e S cene Infor ma tion in MA X fi le (Decrea ses Load
Time)—
The light levels from the radiosity solution
are always saved with the file, however when this is
on, some additional radiosity information is saved
with your scene.