Test the various scenarios

Test the various scenarios you have created thus far by combining them into command scripts. Always test what you have done.

Here is a complete basic test script it should render fairly quick.

***Oecuscomplete*** ! merge c:\tutorialscripts\plans\Oecuscomplete02.3dm ! selnone ***Peristylewallsnontextured*** ! merge c:\tutorialscripts\plans\Peristylcomplete01.3dm selnone ***Entablature*and*Roof*file*** ! merge c:\tutorialscripts\entablature\vettientab04.3dm selnone ! merge c:\tutorialscripts\plans\shield01.3dm selnone ***Column*Placement*Script*** all ! Hide ! merge c:\tutorialscripts\columns\tuscancol01.3dm copy w0 -9.37803,-4.96942,0 -9.37803,-1.73372,0 -6.82304,-4.96942,0 -3.57283,-4.96942,0 -0.522624,-4.96942,0 2.97761,-4.96942,0 6.12782,-4.96942,0 9.37803,-4.96942,0 9.37803,-1.84309,0 ! delete ! SelMesh ! Mirror 0,0,0 12,0,0 enter ! selnone ! show

• Change your point of view to 25 degrees and zoom in similar to the view below.
• quick render the model
• Full render the model
• Select all and delete to clear the workspace for the next step.

This is a good time to test lighting and camera setups because this model is a low surface count model. You can move around in it and render the model easily. Check out the images on the next page to see how I developed the current lighting. After figuring out the best lighting scheme I saved only the light set up to a file, combined that as a file merge in a script and tested that.