Shade 12. Background

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Setting Cloud and Ocean Patterns

You can set clouds and/or the ocean as a background.

1 Select Cloud from the pattern popup menu of the Background window (1). Set blue for Upper Base Color (2). From the Area popup menu, select Upper (3).

2 From the Layer popup menu, select New Layer and then create a new layer.

3 From the pattern popup menu, select Ocean (1). Set blue for Lower Base Color (2). From the Area popup menu, select Lower (3). Check the Show All checkbox (4).

4 From the Layer popup menu, select New Layer and then create a new layer.

5 From the pattern popup menu, select Haze (1). Set light blue in the pattern color box (2). From the Area popup menu, select Whole (3).

6 Enter 0.55 in the mapping text box.

7 Confirm the background through rendering.

Setting an Image as the Background

You can set an image as the background.

1 Select Image from the pattern popup menu of the Background window (1). Select a previously loaded image from Edit image. Or, load a new image using Load (2). From the Area popup menu, select one of Whole, Upper, or Lower as the area to be used (3). From the Projection popup menu, select the projection method (4).

5 From Figure Window in the View Display popup menu of the Perspective View, select Show Background and confirm the image setting.