Visualization

Display

Background Color for System Finder

Select Background Color for System Finder, then select a color from the color wheel to modify the background color. You can also click More Colors... to access additional colors or create your own custom colors.

By default, this option is deactivated.

3D Navigation

Display pictures in 3D navigation

Select this option to display pictures in the System Finder window.

By default, this option is activated.

Navigation in 3D Area

Display geometry

Check the box to visualize the geometry of the structure in the 3D area.

Uncheck the box to display no geometry: only the tree structure is displayed (fast).

By default, this option is activated.

Partial outer skin

Check the box to visualize a partial indexed simplified geometry of the structure in the 3D area. Only the outer skin of the structure is displayed with a variable quality. Move the quality slider to modify the number of rays intersecting the geometry to visualize. The higher the number, the less partial the geometry. Since the outer skin is computed by index that may not be up to date, the displayed geometry might not exactly represent the design structure but it is faster to load.

Uncheck the box to display no geometry in the 3D area until the tree is expanded down to a Representation level.

Important: On the cloud, this functionality is not supported. Configuration filters and security attributes will be taken into account for the 3D Thumbnails that are displayed for a given user. Note that response time will not be as fast as when using 3D Thumbnails generated by the Thumbnail Builder and stored on the server.

Important: The maximum quality setting 10 does not guarantee that all parts will be loaded in the 3D. You must use Expand All on the products that you want to be completely loaded.

Quality 1: fast performance, lower quality

Quality 3: average performance, average quality (default value)

Quality 10: slow performance, high quality

Important: Even when using quality 10, not all parts are loaded. You must use Expand All (with or without a filter) to have all parts.

By default, this option is activated.

Use simplified geometry on local leaves

This preference is taken into account when the content is first explored in a new tab and is kept for all other operations as long as the tab remains open.

Check the box to visualize the simplified geometry on local leaves when expanding.

Uncheck the box to visualize the indexed simplified geometry on local leaves when expanding.

By default, this option is activated.

3D Search

Maximum number of results before warning

In the Maximum number of results before warning box, enter the maximum number of Search results before a warning is displayed (maximum: 10000).

If the number of results exceeds the defined maximum value, then a warning is displayed asking you if you want to continue and display the results.

By default, the value is set to 0 (no warning will be displayed).

Reduce visualization flickering

Select the Reduce visualization flickering checkbox if you want to reduce the visual flickering created by overlapping zones competing for visual representation. Note that for some exceptional cases, the flickering may not be entirely eliminated.

The flickering occurs because two or more polygons have similar values in the z-buffer, therefore one polygon "wins" the z test, then another polygon wins the test, and so on. The overall effect is a flickering of polygons "fighting" to color the screen pixels.

By default, this option is deactivated.

3D Navigation Turntables

Each time you navigate the structure of a model in the tree or in the 3D, two actions can be launched:

• an animation can be launched that creates a transition from the current viewpoint to the new viewpoint
• a reframe can be launched on the viewpoint so as to center objects that have been selected

Automatic reframe

Select the Automatic reframe checkbox to activate the automatic reframing of selected objects in the 3D.

By default, this option is deactivated.

Animation during navigation

Select the Animation during navigation checkbox to have an animation applied during the transition from one viewpoint to the next.

By default, this option is activated.

Selection in the 3D Area

Select Representations

Check the box to select representations in the 3D area.

Uncheck the box to select parent references instead of representations.

By default, this option is activated.