Natural Shape

The Preferences Pages options let you customize how various components and commands are displayed in Natural Shape.

This page discusses:

Display Preferences

Show referent in 3D
Displays the Referent in the work area. The Referent provides an indication of the size of objects.

By default, this check box is selected.

Hide tree when entering environment
Hides the tree in the work area.

By default, this check box is selected.

Display out-of-context elements in ghost effect
When working on 3D parts and products in the 3D design view, displays parts that are not in the active structure as transparent parts.

By default, this check box is selected.

Show all tips and tricks
Reinitialize tips and tricks if you turned them off in your session by selecting the Don't show me this again check box.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Constraints and Groups

In the 3D shape world, select the option that defines how constraints and groups are displayed in the 3D design view:

Hide all the constraints and groups
Hides all constraints and groups.
Show the constraints and groups directly related to the selected objects
Visualizes constraints and groups based on selected objects.
Show the network of constraints and groups for selected objects
Visualizes the entire constraint and group system for selected objects. Selecting this option shows the network of objects that may be impacted if you move selected objects.
Show all the constraints and groups
Visualizes all constraints and groups.

By default, Show all the constraints and groups is selected.

Drawing

Gives you access to combine commands (Add, Subtract, Intersect, and No Operation) while you draw. Commands appear in the context toolbar.

Display combine commands
Displays combine commands.
Fill automatically closed wire
Automatically fills closed wires.

By default, this check box is selected.

Performance

Keep Live interaction (Allow partial result during manipulation)

By default, this check box is selected.

Industrial Context for new Parts

Design range
The design range default is Normal range.
Table 1. Scale of Ranges
Range Size Industrial Context

Normal

  • Power train
  • Body in white
  • High tech
  • Industrial equipment

Small

  • Micro mechanics

Large

  • Power train
  • Body in white
  • High tech
  • Civil engineering

Extra large

  • Extra large civil engineering
Industry
Specifies the default industrial context of your part.

You can specify and apply the industrial context to convert the geometry in your model. Each context specifies the appropriate fillet radii, chamfer distances and angles, and draft angles for the industries below. Choose depending on the range. Refer to the Values table below for range values.

Note: Select Not specified to define the default values on parts outside of the available industries.

Table 2. Values
Industry Minimum/Maximum Values

Power train

  • Fillet: 0-15mm
  • Chamfer: 0-15mm/0-90°
  • Draft: 0.5-15°

Body in white

  • Fillet: 1-100mm
  • Chamfer: 1-15mm/0-90°
  • Draft: 0.5-45°

High tech

  • Fillet: 0-1.5mm
  • Chamfer: 0-1.5mm/0-90°
  • Draft: 0.5-15°

Industrial equipment

  • Fillet: 0-15mm
  • Chamfer: 0.03 -1.5mm/30-60°

Micro mechanics

  • Fillet: 0.01-0.3mm
  • Chamfer: 0.01 -0.3mm/30-60°
  • Draft: 0.5-15°

Civil engineering

  • Fillet: 10-1,000mm
  • Chamfer: 10-1,000mm/0-90°
  • Draft: 0.5-45°

Extra large civil engineering

  • Fillet: 1,000-100,000mm
  • Chamfer: 1,000-100,000mm/ 0-90°
  • Draft: 0.5-45°
Default fillet radius, according to industrial context
Refer to the table above to set the industrial context's default radius.

Move

Specifies the robot increment values for length and angle movement.

Allow the temporary constraint relaxation
The default setting is disabled.
Robot Length increment value
The minimum length increment value is 0.01 and the maximum value is 1000.The default value is 5.0.
Robot Angle increment value
The minimum angle increment value is 0.01 and the maximum value is 360. The default value is 5.
Note: The increment values are independent from the specified units.