General

Global

Allows you to define specific preferences for normal and large range parts.

Tolerant Modeling

Select the desired option:

Merging distance

This option defines the distance below which elements are to be joined, healed or extracted.

Warning: This option is available with the following commands: Join, Healing, Extract, and Multiple Extract. Extract and multiple extract commands have a particular behavior: refer to the corresponding chapters to have further information.

By default, this option is set to 0.001mm.

Tolerant laydown

If the laydown of an input guide on a surface fails, you can select the Tolerant laydown. When activated, a fixed lay down tolerance of 0.1mm is applied.

Warning: This option is available with the following commands: Parallel Curve, Geodesic Line, Sweep, Multi-Sections Surface, Blend, Split (surface by curve), Curve Smooth, Fill and Extrapolate . Tolerant laydown only applies at feature creation. Therefore, if the option is cleared when creating the feature, selecting it afterwards has no effect on the feature.

By default, this option is not cleared.

Here is a scenario with the Sweep command.

1. Create a tolerant swept surface and define a Deviation from guide of 0.1 mm.

   In our scenario we created a swept surface using an implicit linear profile and the ''two limits'' sub-type. We created Curve.1 (blue curve) and Curve.2 (pink curve) as the guide curves.

   
   
   

2. Create a parallel curve of Curve.1 using the swept surface as the support.

   The creation of the parallel curve fails and an error message opens informing you that the guide curve does not lie on the swept surface and advise you to project it onto the support.

   Select the Tolerant laydown option.

   Perform step 2 again.

   The creation of the parallel curve is successful.
   
   

   Warning: It is advised not to use a wire that lies on the edge of the sweep when working with the Tolerant laydown option.

Continuity Type

Three continuity types are available:

• None: deactivates the smoothing result
• Tangency: enhances the current continuity to tangent continuity
• Curvature: enhances the current continuity to curvature continuity

By default, the option is set to None.

Warning: This option is only available with the Project and Parallel Curve commands.

Maximum deviation

This option enables you to set the allowed deviation between the initial element and the smoothed element by entering a value or using the spinners.

By default, this option is set to 0.001mm.

Warning: This option is available with the following commands: Project, Parallel Curve, Sweep, Multi-Sections Surface, and Curve Smooth. For the Sweep and Multi-Sections Surface commands, only the Deviation parameter can be defined from Tools > Options (the Angular correction parameter cannot be defined here). The Deviation and Angular correction will be activated only if the smoothing type is set to Tangency or Curvature.

Axes Visualization

Axes visualization limited to the bounding box of the input

Clear this option to visualize an infinite axis in the 3D geometry.

By default, this option is selected.

Option selected

Option cleared

Groups

Integration of created features as group inputs

Select this option if you want each new feature to be included as an input in an existing group and remain visible in the specification tree.

If you clear this option, created features will not be included in the group and will be hidden in the group tree (expand the group to be able to see it).

By default, this option is cleared.

Warning: This option is only available when creating a new feature. It is only available for features accessible in the Generative Shape Design workbench. All other features will not be included in the group even if the option is checked.

For further information, see Managing Groups.

Stacked Analysis

Stacked analysis default behavior set as temporary

Select this option box to automatically create a temporary analysis when checking connections between surfaces or curves.

By default, this option is cleared.

Contextual Menus

Contextual menu on one level

Generative Shape Design commands available from a contextual menu from dialog box options, for example commands that can be applied to the current selection, are offered sorted in a list with sub-levels. Select this option to get the commands in a one-level list.

By default, this option is cleared.

Appearance of dialog boxes

Open dialog boxes with legacy appearance

Select this check box to display dialog boxes with the classic appearance. Clear it to display dialog boxes with an improved usability.

By default, this check box is selected.

Graphic properties inheritance

Inherit graphic properties from input

Select this option to inherit the graphic properties of the input element to newly created features. If the option is cleared, the default graphic properties of the input element are assigned to the new feature.

By default, this check box is cleared.