Contour Manager (NC) > Contour Deletion & Label Display

Access: Open this function from the following location:

Boundary/Contour selection mode:
Either press the button in the Work Mode Dialog (if you are in Wizard Mode), or display the Geometry parameters in the parameter tables.
The Geometry Table is displayed:

Depending on the current operation, the Boundaries or Contours option is displayed. Press the adjacent button to display the Contour Manager; you are ready to start selecting contours.
See Selecting / Unselecting Geometry.
See the cursor symbols in Cimatron when picking geometry.

The Contour Deletion, Label Display section is the lower part of the Contour Manager dialog and provides you with the following management tools:

Information on the following NC contours groups:
- the number of NC contours created
- the number of NC contours that are currently selected
- the number of NC contours that are valid contours
- the number of NC contours that are invalid contours
The option to delete each of the above mentioned contour groups.
The option to hide or show labels that are attached to NC contours in each of the above mentioned contour groups (by selecting the Use NC Contour Labels checkbox) and also the option to limit the number of displayed labels.

Buttons

This section of the Contour Manager dialog also interacts with the NC Parameters section of the dialog, via the NC contour labels.

In the example below, a single NC contour has been created and it is a valid contour. There are no selected or invalid contours. Note that the Use NC Contour Labels checkbox is not selected.

When the Use NC Contour Labels checkbox is selected, this displays labels that are attached to NC contours. Each NC contour has a label attached to the middle point of its first segment by a rubber line.

When the / button is displayed, this means that, for each contour group, the labels are hidden or shown respectively.

You can also delete NC contours wherever the button is displayed.

Buttons

The following buttons appears in the Contour Deletion, Label Display section of the Contour Manager dialog.

/	Hide/Show the labels attached to each of the NC contour groups. Each NC contour has a label attached to the middle point of its first segment by a rubber line.
	Delete the appropriate NC contour group.