Use Your Own Photographs As Background Images in Visualization

You can set any photograph on your hard drive as the background of a rendered model. First select a photograph included in the basic software delivery and then change the image file name and path to point to the desired photograph.

Set the photograph as the background image of a model, described here, if you don't want to save the background photograph to the visualization background library.

1. On the tab, in the Environment group, click Background.
2. Go to the folder Misc/Backgrounds/Photos.
3. Double-click any thumbnail image in the folder.
4. Open the Rendering branch in the feature tree of the part or in the assembly tree.
5. Select the Background you added.
6. Select the context-sensitive function Edit Values. The Edit Background dialog box is opened.
7. Click File name and select the image file you wish to use.

   Select an Image File in the Background Edit dialog box

8. Select OK.
9. On the tab, in the Render Style group, select Rendered, or press Shift+P. Your photograph is displayed as a background image of the 3D model in the rendered mode.

   Please note that the new background photograph is not yet saved to the visualization background library.