ObjectDisplay > Draw Style
 
 
 

Changes how surfaces, curves, and section data appear in the view windows.

Note

The Draw Style settings do not affect printing or plotting.

DrawStyle Options

Surface

Surface Boundary

Choose SINGLE or DOUBLE for the thickness of surface boundaries.

Patch Precision

Choose Dotted or Solid for the line style of additional isoparametric curves introduced when setting the patch precision to a value greater than the default of 2.

See Object Edit > Patch Precision for details.

V Hulls

Choose Dotted or Solid for the hull lines running in the V direction.

CV Icon

Click a button to choose the icon that represents CVs on surfaces.

Curves

Line Width

Choose SINGLE or DOUBLE for the curve thickness.

BlendPoint Style

Choose Small or Large for the size of the blend point icons on blend curves.

CV Icon

Click a button to choose the icon that represents CVs on curves.

EP Icon

Click a button to choose the icon that represents edit points on curves.

Section data

Point icon

Click a button to choose the icon that represents section data points.

Note

To display section data as points, you must turn on CVs and hulls. You can do this either in the ObjectDisplay > Control window or in the Control Panel.

Show Lines

Click to control whether section data is displayed with lines connecting points.

Line Style

Choose Dashed or Solid for the section data line style.

Symmetry

Line Style

Choose either Dashed or Solid. This setting is used for Layers > Symmetry tools.

Visual Curves

Line Width

Choose either Single or Double.

Visual curves (curves that are not geometry) are produced by several evaluation tools and include cross-sections, highlights, iso-angle curves, and parting lines.

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