View Settings
Select settings for controlling the view of a drawing or a model.
- Select > Preferences > Drawings, Models.
- Select the View tab.
Drawing
- Show Drawing Limits
- The drawing limits are indicated by a continuous line in the drawing window. You can toggle the visibility of the drawing limits.
- Show Detail View Limits
- Show and hide the limits of a projection area or a detail view.
- Show Color Fills
- The color fills are displayed in the floor plan when the setting has been enabled and the color fill layers are on. For example:
- Mark Hidden Texts
- You can add a hidden text to a drawing, which is displayed as spaces or linefeeds in the Text window of the Text dialog box. A hidden code text is connected to a space.
- Mark Associative Elements
- This function highlights an element, to which the element selected from the drawing have a geometric attachment and associativity. For example, if you select a line element, the text, part number, dimension or geometric constraint added to the line will be marked with a highlight color.
- Change Dimension Color If Connection Is Lost
- If a dimension loses its associativity due to the modification of geometry, it will no longer be updated. Dimensions that have lost their associativity will be highlighted in color, when the setting is enabled.
- Fast Drawing of Dashed Lines
- The default drawing method used for dashed line is the accurate drawing. If necessary, you can select the fast draw of the dashed line. The selection will be valid when you next time start the program.
Model
- Show Reference Geometry
- Setting for the 3D Modeler (Vertex G4).
- Show Machining Features
- Setting for the 3D Modeler (Vertex G4).
- Show Both Surface Sides Always
- Setting for the 3D Modeler (Vertex G4).
- Show Model Origin
- You can toggle the visibility of the model origin.
- Show Hatches on 3D Model
- You can toggle the visibility of the material hatches in a wire frame model.
- Show Annotations
- Setting for the 3D Modeler (Vertex G4).
- Show Formulas
- Setting for the 3D Modeler (Vertex G4).
- Bitmaps Used in Model Into Model File
- When this setting is enabled, an image file you attach to the model, such as a logo, texture or a photograph, is automatically saved in the model and is thus visible when the model is transferred to another Vertex work station.
- Show Pipe Handles
- Setting for Piping Design add-on feature. When the setting is enabled, the grip points of a pipe, duct or a building component are shown in the model when you start to add a pipe or duct line, or add a grip point linkage between the parts.
- Show 3D Dimensions in Foreground
- 3D dimensions and texts are displayed in the foreground when the setting is enabled.
Common
- Show Constraints
- Toggle the visibility of geometric constraints.
- Show Geometry Tip in Cursor
- Setting for the 3D Modeler (Vertex G4).
- Show Coordinates in Inches
- The cursor's coordinates in the status bar are presented in inches, when this setting is enabled.
- Mark Entity Before Selecting
- Sets highlighting objects before selection. When this setting is enabled, a line element in the cursor-snap area, for example, is highlighted in color. If highlighting is not used, the object will not be marked in any way.
- Bubble Tips
- When the setting is enabled, the prompts in the status bar are also displayed in a tip bubble.