View type palette (for RTRender rendering method)

You can use the RT render rendering method to render the current view. The longer you do not change anything, the better the resulting image. If you change the scene or model, the program starts rendering the image again. To prevent Allplan from rendering the same view indefinitely, you can set a time limit by defining various stopping criteria.

Note: The settings you make here apply only to the image on screen. If you want to calculate a bitmap, the program uses the settings in the

Render tool.

By entering a percentage, you can define how much CPU power you want to use for RT rendering at most.

The higher the percentage, the faster the CPU or the faster it can render the image. However, this may slow down other applications.

When you select this option, you can see information on the rendering progress directly in the viewport. For example, you can see the time the program has used so far to calculate the current view and the time it will require to calculate the next frame.

If you want to set a time limit for RT rendering, you can define a stop criterion:

Off
There is no stop criterion. RT rendering is infinite. In other words, Allplan calculates the image until you change the view.
Frames
Allplan stops as soon as it has reached the number of frames you enter for Total frames.
Time
Allplan stops as soon as the time you enter for Total time has elapsed.
Quality
Allplan stops as soon it has reached the quality you select for Quality.

Total frames
Enter a value between 5 and 10,000.
Total time
Enter a value between 5 seconds and 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds.
Quality
You can choose between Low, Medium, High and Very high.

Off
Automatic exposure is off, but you can control the brightness using the Exposure setting on the viewport toolbar.
Mean and Median:
With normal lighting, the two settings produce similar results.
But the situation is different with extreme lighting: Median is well suited for scenes with strong light in the background, such as views of rooms by daylight with a view to the window. Mean, on the other hand, is better suited for overexposed scenes where you want to neutralize overexposure, such as scenes at night with street lights.
Summing it up, Median brings out dark areas, whereas Mean balances out areas that are too bright.





Comparison of rendered images with different settings for Automatic exposure: you can see the effects of Median (left) and Mean (right) on an interior scene (top) and an exterior scene (bottom).

Select this check box if you want the virtual ground plane stretch to infinity. If you do not select this check box, Allplan displays the virtual ground plane using the settings defined in

Surroundings.

Using this technique, Allplan masks colored surfaces and textures, displaying the scene using light and dark shades and low contrast.

Resulting image without (on the left) and with (on the right) the White model option.





Comparison of rendered images with different settings for Noise reduction: Filter off (top left), Medium (top right), High (bottom left), Aggressive (bottom right).