Document Properties > Colors > Advanced Properties

The Advanced Properties dialog appears when you click Advanced... in Document Properties > Colors. The Advanced... button is enabled only when Shading is selected in the Model/feature colors combo box.

Setting	Get/Set Methods	Return Value or <Value>	Comments
Ambient	IModelDocExtension::GetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedAmbient, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified) IModelDocExtension::SetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedAmbient, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, <Value>)	Double value between 0 and 1	Specifies how light is reflected and scattered by other objects
Diffuse	IModelDocExtension::GetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedDiffuse, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified) IModelDocExtension::SetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedDiffuse, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, <Value>)	Double value between 0 and 1	Specifies how light is scattered equally in all directions on the surface
Specularity	IModelDocExtension::GetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedSpecularity, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified) IModelDocExtension::SetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedSpecularity, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, <Value>)	Double value between 0 and 1	Specifies how surfaces exhibit highlights
Shininess	IModelDocExtension::GetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedShininess, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified) IModelDocExtension::SetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedShininess, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, <Value>)	Double value between 0 and 1	Specifies how solid objects alternate between a glossy, reflective surface and a dull, matte surface
Transparency	IModelDocExtension::GetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedTransparency, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified) IModelDocExtension::SetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedTransparency, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, <Value>)	Double value between 0 and 1	Specifies how much light passes through the surface
Emission	IModelDocExtension::GetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedEmission, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified) IModelDocExtension::SetUserPreferenceDouble(swUserPreferenceDoubleValue_e.swDocumentColorAdvancedEmission, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, <Value>)	Double value between 0 and 1	Specifies how light projects from the surface

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