Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 891

Options group Mapping Turn off to ignore all mapping information to speed up rendering for tests. Affects automatic reflections and environment maps as well as material mapping. Default=on. Auto Reflect/Refract and Mirrors Ignores automatic reflection/refraction maps to speed up rendering for tests. Shadows When off, cast shadows aren't rendered. This can speed up rendering for tests. Default=on. Force Wireframe Set to render all surfaces in the scene as wireframes. You can choose the thickness of the wireframe in pixels. Default=1. Enable SSE When on, rendering uses Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE). (SIMD stands for Single Instruction, Multiple Data.) Depending on the CPU (or CPUs) of your system, SSE can improve render time. Default=off. Antialiasing group Antialiasing Antialiasing on page 7904 smoothes the jagged edges that occur along the edges of diagonal and curves lines when rendering. Turn off only when you are rendering test images and greater speed is more important than image quality. Turning off Antialiasing disables the Force Wireframe setting. Geometry renders according to the material assigned it even if Force Wireframe is turned on. Turning off Antialiasing also disables render elements on page 6336. If you need to render elements, be sure to leave Antialiasing on. Filter drop-down list Lets you select a high-quality table-based filter to apply to your rendering. Filters are the last step in antialiasing. They work at the sub-pixel level and allow you to sharpen or soften your final output, depending on which filter you select. Below the controls in this group, 3ds Max displays a box with a brief description of the filter and how it is applied to your image. TIP Render Region and Render Selected give reliable results only when rendered with the Area filter. 6146 | Chapter 20 Rendering