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Update
You can activate settings for automatic update in products, and positional links for measurements.
- Automatic update in product
- Allows you to automatically update the product structure.
By default, this
check box is cleared. - Create positional link for measure bodies
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Allows you to associate the body of measurements to an object.
By default, this check box is cleared.
Graphic Properties
You can customize graphic properties for borders, lines, fill, and text.
Border and lines
- Border
- Displays a border around the measure results. By default, this
check box is cleared.
- Color
- Sets the color of the lines used in the measure representations. By default, the color is black.
- Thickness
- Sets the thickness of the lines used in the measure representations. By default, the thickness is set to index 1 (that is, 0.13
mm).
Text
- Color
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Sets the text color.
Important: The Properties command does not affect the text color for measure.
By default, the color is white. - Font
- Sets the text font. By default, arial.tff is selected.
- Size
- Sets the text size. By default, the size is set to 3.5.
Fill
- No Fill
- Removes background color behind the measure result. By default, this option is
cleared.
- Solid
- Displays a background color behind the measure result. By default, this option is selected.
- Gradient
- Sets the background style. By default, this option is
cleared.
- Color
- Sets the background color. By default, the color is
blue.
Measure Creation
- Display ~ for approximate measurement
- Displays a tilde character for approximated measures. By default, this check box is cleared.
- Measure result following the mouse
- Displays the measure result attached with the mouse cursor until you click to place it. By default, this check box is selected.
- Measure only shown elements
- Measures elements in the show space.
Important: Swapping elements between the show and hide space does not modify existing measures.
You need to update existing measures to reflect these modifications.
By default, this check box is cleared. - Create Measures under the Measures node of the Part
- Creates measure features under a dedicated node in the tree. By default, this check box is selected.
Measuring Criteria
- Canonical Type
- The measurement in parts and products is computed based on the canonical type of the selected
element. By default, this option is selected.
- Geometry Type
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The measurement in parts and products is computed based on the geometry type of the selected element.
By default, this option is cleared.
Associativity
- Automatic update in product
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Updates measures that have been created on products
and that are no longer up-to-date when the geometry is modified or moved in a product context.
Important: - Only associative measures can be updated.
- If you edit a representation, the measure is updated when you activate the product.
By default, this check box is cleared.