512 AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. While the rendering is being processed, you can zoom in and out to inspect the image. Use the mouse scroll wheel or the zoom buttons at the top of the window. When the rendering is completed, you can save it to an image fi le. Pick the save button at the top of the window to display a standard save dialog box. The rendering can be saved to the BMP, TGA, TIF, JPEG, or PNG format. After selecting the fi le format and picking Save, you are prompted to select the quality of the image. The settings are different for each image type. To print a hard copy of the rendered image, pick the print button at the top of the window. Specify the print device in the Print dialog box. This dialog box is similar to the Plot dialog box used for printing drawings from model space or paper space. History and Statistics Pane The history and statistics pane does not initially appear when the Render window is fi rst displayed. To expand or collapse the pane, pick the vertical arrow button shown in Figure 19-1. The history and statistics pane contains a list of all of the renderings completed in the drawing in the current drawing session. The items in this list are called history entries. Information and details about each history entry appear under the column headings at the top of the list. The Preview column displays a thumbnail view of the rendered image. The Output File Name column lists the name of the rendered image. If the rendering has not been saved, the name is displayed in the format FileName-Tempn with n representing an incremental number. The Output Size column lists the width and height of the image in pixels followed by inches. The Output Resolution column lists the resolution of the image in pixels per inch. The View column lists the name of the view that was rendered. If a named view was not rendered, the listing is Current. The Render Time column lists the amount of time taken to complete the rendering in hours, minutes, and seconds. The Render Preset column lists the Figure 19-1. The Render window. Pick to save the rendering Pick to zoom Pick to print a hard copy History and statistics pane Image pane Right-click to access shortcut menu Pick to expand or collapse the history and statistics pane