Using Display Modes

You can control the appearance of the geometry.


Before you begin: Open a 3DShape containing a model.

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About Display Modes
  1. In the work area, Alt + click to activate the Display Modes mouse menu.
  2. Clear Shade to display the geometry globally in the Wire display mode.


  3. Select a set of surfaces and click Controls in the mouse menu.


    The current Controls display mode is applied to the selected surfaces only.

    In the Sculpt panel, the Controls and Transform sections are activated, and in the Select section, the selection mode switches to subobject mode .

  4. In the Controls section, click Orders to display the orders on the selected surfaces.


  5. Clear the selection and switch to object mode.
  6. Move the pointer to a single surface to preselect it.
  7. Alt + click and clear Controls to remove controls display from the preselected surface.


  8. Alt + click and click Shade to activate shaded display globally.


  9. Move the pointer to a single surface to preselect it, Alt + click and click Analysis to assign the current analysis display mode to the preselected surface.
    By default, Highlight analysis is set.

  10. Assign the Analysis display mode to further surfaces.


  11. Clear the selection and create a Sections analysis.
    The sections are displayed globally on all surfaces.

    For more information, see Analyzing Using Sections.

  12. Select the surfaces displayed with Highlight analysis and clear Sections analysis display in the Analysis section.