Topic: Visual Styles per object

[Guest]

Is it possible to assign (for a lack of a better term) different visual styles to different objects?  For example, I've got a mechanical plan (ductwork) and would like to show the walls using the X-Ray VS and the ductwork using the Conceptual or Realistic VS to really put the focus on the ductwork.  I could apply a glass material to everything except for the ductwork, but that's just going to kill the computer; showing it in a "rendered" type view.

Any ideas?

[deegeecees]

I'm not sure what you're asking, but from what I surmized, you just need some contrast. For renders, if I want something to stand out, I use a grey for all background objects, and red for objects in focus.

Hope it helps.

[Guest]

I don't really need it for rendering....more of a "visual on screen check" to make sure ducts and pipes and what not aren't in conflict with anything else.

[Josh Nieman]

sorry, but no

I really wish it could happen for the reasons you state, pretty much.

I also wish you could output to an image file, something like a render, but using a visual style only, so that the image resolution is not constrained to screen resolution.  Sometimes a good visual style is better as a non-realistic-rendering for some preliminary sketch type thing.

[Guest]

sorry, but no

That's the conclusion I was coming to based on what I was seeing.   *sigh*