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Use Shadows in Rendering
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To generate ray-traced shadows in the rendered image

  1. At the command prompt, enter rpref.
  2. In the Advanced Render Settings palette, make sure Shadows is turned on.
  3. Choose the shadow mode you want to use.
  4. Turn off Shadow Map.
  5. Render the model.
 Toolbar: Render
 Command entry: RPREF