Action Pad Panel for 3D Printing Preparation

The Action Pad panel lets you organize your favorite commands.

By default, 3D Printing Preparation proposes the commands listed below, provided you have access to the corresponding apps.

Note: The online User Assistance of commands imported from other apps may be available only from the action bar of those apps.

To access the Action Pad panel, from the Tools section of the action bar, click Action Pad , or right-click inside the 3D area and select Display > Action Pad.

Wireframe
See Basic Viewing Commands
Shading
See Basic Viewing Commands
Fit All In
See Basic Viewing Commands
Viewpoint snapping
See Basic Viewing Commands
Visualization Sectioning
See Using Section Planes
Measure Between
See Part Design: Measuring in the Part Design App.
Ruler
See ICEM Shape Design: About Rulers
Geometrical Set
Inserts a geometrical set.
Activate
Activates or deactivates areas of cloud of points or meshes.
See Activating a Portion of a Cloud of Points.
Remove
Removes points from a cloud of points or vertices/triangles from a mesh.
See Removing Elements from a Cloud of Points.
Mesh Preparation
Checks the triangles and structure of meshes, then repairs or deletes defective elements.
See Preparing Meshes.
Decimate
Reduces the number of triangles of meshes to save computation time and memory.
See Decimating Meshes.
Flip Edges
Reorganizes the edges of the triangles of meshes.
See Flipping Edges.
Mesh Offset
Creates an offset of a mesh.
See Offsetting the Mesh.