Hello! :)

margarita, it sounds like you have most of it under control already. It sounds to me like you want to use the Realistic Visual Style with a couple minor changes.

In the Visual Style Manager (command: VISUALSTYLES) select the Realistic Visual Style, you can adjust the settings below to your liking. In the Materials and Color section, set your Material Display setting to "Materials and Texture". Then, in the Edge Settings section, set your Edge Mode to None.

OR, what I like to do is leave the Edge Mode to Isolines and just change the color of the Isolines to "ByEntity". This way they're kinda hidden.

Anyways, once you have the settings set, change the drawing to the view you want. If you're printing from modelspace, then just right-click on the Realistic Visual Style and select "Apply to Current Viewport".

If you're in Paperspace, then you need to double-click in an unlocked viewport, right-click on the Realistic Visual Style and select "Apply to Current Viewport". Do this as many times as you need for each view port on the sheet.

I hope this helps. Good Luck!!!


A side tip for using 3DOrbit: Instead of typing in a command to enter the 3D mode, just press and hold down your shift key while you press your mouse wheel and drag the mouse around to the position you want the screen. It is much faster and you can often get better results.


Edited by HAWDesigner - 20.Feb.2011 at 14:58