Introduction to Advanced Rendering Extension (ARX)

Introduction

Photo-realistic rendered images in Pro/ENGINEER have numerous uses. They not only provide time and money-saving solutions for design reviews, but they also provide images for use in sales materials and product documentation. Photo-realistic rendering solutions help companies realize their new products in a virtual environment at little cost compared to the prototyping and staging required in years past. This tutorial provides you with a step-by-step explanation of the Advanced Rendering Extension.

This tutorial teaches you how to define a rendering with these primary keys:

• Appearances

• Lights

• Room

• Perspective

• Settings (How to use the ARX rendering engine)

• Advanced Effects (That require ARX)

• Rendering Strategy

Part 1 - Setting up for a quick render:  Loading pre-defined files.

Part 2 - Getting into the details about render controls:  Trying the options on your own.

Part 1 will go through step-by-step instructions using the tutorial model.  Part 2 will introduce the other options you can try with ARX.

Pre-requisite software for this tutorial: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire or later, Advanced Rendering Extension 

Pre-requisite library:  Pro/ENGINEER Graphics Library.  Get download and set up instructions HERE.