51.
If you had pressed o, the General Options tab
would have appeared, but both panels are
embedded in the Preferences panel.Within the
Display Options tab, you have specific control
over settings that pertain to what you see in
Layout. These are options concerning grid size,
Figure 2.51 Open LightWave??™s
Preferences panel by pressing the d or o
key. Here, you can see the Display Options
tab, which opens when you press d.
overlay colors, and many OpenGL options. The OpenGL, or Graphics Library, is the color
shaded and textured views you see in Layout. Your video card determines how many
OpenGL options you can support, but these days, even the simplest gaming cards work
tremendously with LightWave. You can tell LightWave to turn on many OpenGL options
concerning lens flares, textures, reflections, and even transparency. The new Preferences
panel in LightWave v9 is extensive, but there are a few key areas you can read about here.
For the rest, check out the video on the book??™s DVD.
Note
Bounding Box Threshold
An important value in the Display Options tab is Bounding Box Threshold. You might
have installed LightWave and hopped right into Modeler.
Pages:
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181