I am enjoying how much quicker you can print a drawing out on a laser printer vs. the old HP pen plotter. There are also many other slick advantages on this newer version I'm learning to like.

My question is this. Is there some way to print out a drawing of a solid that has been "rendered" and keep the shading when it prints out? On more complicated part drawings I like to put what I call a "visual aid" up in the corner of the print. In "old cad" I'd draw a solid version of the part and rotate it around for the best view to get the idea of the parts shape etc. and put it in the print as an external reference. When I'd plot I'd tell the thing to hide the hidden lines. Worked fine.

Well in this new version I can't get it to print and keep the shading that I'm seeing on my screen. It changes it back to a mesh image when it prints. I've been digging around in this thing looking at things like plot style managers and hitting the help button and all, and decided that maybe someone could tell me if this is even possible before I waste too much more time on this. I asked the other fellow here but he has never attempted to draw any solids in the cad world? Can't figure out how anyone couldn't help but give it a whirl?