Line Styles Tab Page

Use

The Line Styles tab is used to control the properties of any line styles associated with a material, for polylines, illustrations and wireframes. For example, you can specify the thickness of a line, whether it is a dashed or solid line, and whether the line ends are rounded.

Features

The Line Styles tab page offers the following features:

Elements	Functional Description
Polylines	Used as a style guide for the display of polylines associated with a material. These settings are valid for polylines in mesh objects and all render modes. Line Width: Sets the thickness of the line. Units: Determines the way in which the line style is measured. Units are either measured in 2D or 3D. 3D, Object Space: Measure the lines by using object units. The lines remain constant as the camera moves around, and you can see perspective on these lines. 3D, World Space: Measure the lines by using world units. The lines remain constant as the camera moves around, and you can see perspective on these lines. 2D, View Space: Measure the lines in units. Moving the camera does not alter the absolute length of the line. For example, if the dashes in a dashed line pattern are 20 pixels long on screen, they will always be 20 pixels long. 2D, Points: Measure the lines by using points. 2D, [current scene units]: Measure the lines by using the current measurement units set in the scene. Lines with this linestyle behave as other 2D lines, but their screen/paper/illustration physical sizes are defined in scene units; for example, mm. Halo: Draws polylines on top of a thicker solid line using the background color. This means that as the line width changes, the halo scales accordingly. The halo value is a numeric value where 0.0 = no halo and 1.0 = white borders the same width as the line. Note This is a specialized attribute that is used for drawings and callouts. Color: Determines the color of the polylines Use Diffuse Color: If checked, diffuse color is used Dash Pattern: Denotes the appearance of the line. That is, whether it is a solid or dashed line. This is left empty to produce a solid line, or a comma separated list of numbers to produce a dashed line. End Style: Determines the way in which the line ends display Butt: The lines ends 'butt' up against each other. Round: The line ends are rounded. Preview: Displays an example of the way in which the line will display
Illustration Mode	Used as a style guide for line drawing display in Illustration mode. Note These settings only show in Illustration mode. Units: Determines the way in which the linestyle is measured. Units are measured in 2D. 2D, View Space: Measure the lines in units. Moving the camera does not alter the absolute length of the line. 2D, Points: Measure the lines by using points. Line Width: Sets the thickness of the line Silhouette Width: Creates a thicker line relating to the external lines
Wireframe Mode	Used as a style guide for line drawing display in Wireframe mode. Note These settings only show in Wireframe mode. Units: Determines the way in which the line style is measured. Units are measured in 2D. 2D, View Space: Measure the lines in units. Moving the camera does not alter the absolute length of the line. 2D, Points: Measure the lines by using points. Wireframe Width: Sets the thickness of the wireframe