General Preferences > Colors and Styles > Monochrome Wireframe

Access: Invoke this function from one of the following locations:

Navigate to General > Colors and Styles.

Set the colors that are used to define Monochrome Wireframe operations within Cimatron. This enables you select the color of the part in Wireframe mode (including both the visible and hidden edges).

In addition, you can also select the line style that is displayed when showing hidden edges.

To display entities using the colors defined in this section, select the Switch to Monochrome while in Wireframe Rendering Mode option in the Preferences > General > Display dialog.

Note: You can hide or show hidden edges by selecting the appropriate Global Render Mode option. When one of the wireframe display options is selected, you can control the color of the displayed edges by selecting or unselecting the Switch to Monochrome while in Wireframe Rendering Mode option in the Preferences > General > Display dialog.

The Monochrome Wireframe area is displayed.

Interaction

  1. Set the parameters that are used to define the following operations within Cimatron.

Visible Edges

Select the color for visible edges.

Hidden Edges

Select the color for hidden edges.

Hidden Edges Style

Select the line style for showing hidden edges.
The following dropdown list of line styles is displayed; select the required style.

The hidden edges are displayed in the selected line style irrespective of whether the View > Settings > Monochrome Wireframe option is selected or not.

The color of the hidden edges is dependent on whether or not the Monochrome Wireframe option is selected. See the notes above.

For example, if the colors are set as follows:

Visible Edges

The visible edges will appear as  as shown in the example below.

Hidden Edges

The hidden edges will appear as  as shown in the example below.

 

Default Wireframe Settings

Defined Wireframe Settings

  1. Press the appropriate approval option.

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