General

Geometry

Tolerances

Constraint

Defines the continuity tolerance to be kept for element creation or modification.

By default, the value is 0.1.

Deviation

Defines the deviation tolerance for curve and surface conversion using the app specific commands, for example Converter Wizard in FreeStyle Shape Design and Curve and Surface Conversion in ICEM Shape Design.

By default, the value is 0.1.

Order

Defines the maximum order when converting elements.

By default, the value is 12.

Order

Defines the maximum allowed order along the U (and V) directions for each curve segment and surface patch. This maximum order value ranges from 5 to 16 included, in a given direction.

By default, the value is 12.

Auto Detection

Coordinates

Defines whether the point coordinates are displayed as the pointer moves along the geometry.

By default, this option is cleared.

Search Dressing

Defines whether the control points on geometry detected with the pointer are displayed when using the Snap on Cpt (snap on control points) option from the Dashboard.

By default, this option is selected.

Display

Control Points

Defines whether the control points are displayed on the geometry. See FreeStyle Shape Design User's Guide: Displaying Furtive Elements Temporarily).

By default, this option is cleared.

Continuity

Defines whether the continuities are displayed at every connection between elements (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, fill surfaces, and so forth).

By default, this option is selected.

Curvature

Defines whether the curvature texts are displayed on an element (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, and so forth).

By default, this option is cleared.

Order

Defines whether the order number is displayed along the U (for curves) or U and V directions (for surfaces).

By default, this option is selected.

Contact Point

Defines whether the contact point is displayed at every connection between connected elements (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, and so forth).

By default, this option is selected.

Tension

Defines whether the tension manipulators are displayed oat every connection between connecting elements (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, and so forth).

By default, this option is cleared.

Tuning

Coefficient

Defines the coefficient value used when manipulating views or geometry.

By default, the value is 0.2. You can input values within a range of [1e-5 ; 1.0 ].

Rotation Step

Defines the rotation step value used when manipulating views or geometry.

By default, the value is 1.000.

Selection Options

Full Cross

Defines whether a full cross is displayed .

By default, this option is not selected.

All Mesh

Defines whether all control points of the mesh are selected while editing a curve or surface .

By default, this option is not selected.

Filter Options: Deselect all points

Defines whether all the selected control points of the selected elements are deselected when the Filters mode is changed in the Control Points dialog box.

By default, this option is not selected.

Matching Constraint Command Options

Defines options for the Matching Constraint command:

Default activation status

Defines whether constraints are deactivated during the Matching Constraint command creation. Use the Default activation status option to apply this setting.

When a constraint is deactivated, it is not updated when its inputs (source or target) is modified outside the Matching Constraint command.

By default, this option is not selected.

Minimum corner distance

Defines the relimitation manipulator that is used to move the constraint to snap directly at to the corner of the selected face when it gets closer than the value defined .

By default, this option is not selected and the minimal value is 0.001mm.

Mean surface solver

Defines the result between multiple constraints surface as a mean surface between each constraint result. If a surface is modified by two constraints, the results for the two constraints are computed separately. The final result is a mean surface between those two intermediate results.

By default, this option is cleared.

Automatic target selection

Defines the distance around the source element for automatic target selection when using the Matching Constraint command. Use the Automatic target selection option to apply this setting.

By default, this option is selected and the value is set to 10mm.

Mirror Analysis Options

Defines the mirror display options during Mirror Analysis command.

Feedback color

Defines the default color in which the mirrored elements and analysis are displayed when Display mirror tags is active in the Mirror Analysis dialog box.

By default, the color is gray as shown in the screen capture.

Parallel Command

Warn when cancelling the Parallel Command Session

Displays a warning message when cancelling a parallel command session.

Enable insertion of current running command into a Parallel Command Session

Inserts a current running command launched according to a standard mode into a parallel command session in parallel with another command by launching another command able to run in parallel.

Mapping Analysis Option

Defines the material display options during Surfacic Curvature Analysis, Draft Analysis, Environment Mapping Analysis and Isophotes Mapping Analysis commands.

No warning message if material mode is not ON

If Material in View > Render Style > Customize View is unselected, when you start any of the analyses listed above an error message is displayed.

To avoid seeing this error message, select the No warning message if material mode is not ON check box; the material mode will be automatically selected during the analyses and then automatically unselected afterwards.

Soft Mirror

Defines the symmetry plane for the Soft Mirror (Ctrl+F8) command.

Symmetry Plane

Defines the plane with respect to which a mirror image of your shapes is created when you click Soft Mirror (Ctrl+F8) or when you press Ctrl+F8.

The following options are available:

• XY Plane
• YZ Plane
• ZX Plane
• User Defined Plane.

By default, the plane selected is ZX Plane.

Curve Analysis Result

Select the check box if you want to keep the intersection curves as NURBs. If you clear the check box, the intersection curves are kept as parameterized curve.

By default, this option is cleared.

Control Points Border 3D Curve Mode

Select the Border 3D Curve mode check box to create a separate 3D NURBs curve from a surface edge which is selected as an input element for the Control Points command.

By default, this option is cleared.

Control Points Diffusion/Cross Diffusion Law

Clear the Delay Law Application check box to apply diffusion and cross diffusion laws immediately on several selected control points previously modified.

By default, this option is cleared.