Shade

Toolbar	Menu
Display Standard	Render Shade

The Shade command temporarily shades the viewport.

Command-line options
DisplayMode	Shaded Sets the viewport to opaque shaded mode. Rendered Shades the viewport with an OpenGL simulation of the rendered view. Ghosted Sets viewport display so surfaces are translucent ghosted mode. XRay Shades with ghosted mode whereisoparametric curves not obscured by objects in front.
DrawCurves	Displays curve objects.
DrawWires	Displays isoparametric curves and edges.
DrawGrid	Displays the grid.
DrawAxes	Displays the construction plane axes.

Toolbar	Menu
Display	View Viewport title Shade Selected Objects Only

The ShadeSelected command toggles the ShadeSelected mode. When the ShadeSelected mode is on, in any shaded kind of display mode, objects will only be shaded when they are selected. When isocurves and edges are turned off (i.e., the Rendered mode), you will not see anything until you select something.

See also

Set viewport display modes