Visualization in Alias

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You can visualize a model by using the Hardware Shade tool from the Visualize menu

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or by accessing it on the marking menu where it works as a toggle.

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All the materials lights and environment editors are here on the Viz menu

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and they can be used in the Default Workspace, or optionally,

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you can switch to the Visualize Workspace

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which has them already opened and docked.

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So I'm gonna start by turning off the grid display here on the Show menu.

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Then over here is the Shader Lister

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and on the settings, I can control the size of the preview.

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And then to apply a material to the model,

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I can drag it with the left mouse button to put it onto a single surface

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or with the middle mouse button to swap the whole shader

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or I can drag it onto a layer tab.

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To create a new shader, I select one

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and use the right mouse to do a duplicate.

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And then I'll just double-click or open the Shader Editor here

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and now I can change the properties. So let's just change the color, for example.

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And the preview ball shows any other changes I make to the shader.

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This time, I'll select the geometry first

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and then I can use the right mouse button to assign the shader

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or use this small shortcut icon here.

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Or I can look for a shader over here in this library

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and then just drag it directly onto the model

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and that will then get added to the shader list.

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This first shader is the environment shown with this icon

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and again, just double-click or switch to the Environment Editor tab here

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I can add a backdrop image or simply change the background color.

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But nothing happens in the scene until we open

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the Hardware Shade settings and turn on Show Background.

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Back here in the ground plane settings,

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the shadows are turned on. But again, we don't see the effect in the scene

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until I turn on Ground Plane in Hardware Shade.

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This default environment is a bit boring, so if I scroll up to the top of the library,

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I can bring in a more interesting one.

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But again,

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I don't see the reflections until I turn on Use Environment in Hardware Shade.

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So I might want to toggle the model off to hide the wireframe

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and maybe try another environment

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so it can create a dramatic image or it can keep things more subtle.

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And here in the Hardware Shade,

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you've got other options for quality and these preset lights.

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And finally, I'm using anti-aliasing

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here to improve the quality of the shaded edges.