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Display Backgrounds and Shadows
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To set a solid as a viewport background

  1. Click View menu Named Views.At the Command prompt, enter view.
  2. In the View Manager, click the view name you want to change. If the view isn’t already displayed, expand the appropriate View list, and then click a view name.
  3. In the Properties panel, click the Background Override field.
  4. Select Solid from the Background Override drop-down list.
  5. In the Background dialog box, click the swatch under the Color section.
  6. In the Select Color dialog box, specify the color you want to use for the background.
  7. Click OK.
  8. In the Background dialog box, click OK.
  9. In the View Manager, click Set Current.
  10. Click OK.
 Toolbar: View
 Command entry: VIEW
 Dashboard: 3D Navigate panel, Named Views drop-down, Manage Views