Primitives Manager

The Primitives Manager controls properties of the graphical display. The set of checkboxes depends on the type of object that is highlighted in the Model Manager.

Primitives that Apply to the World Object

• Bounding Box - a wire-framed box that indicates the extent of an object in the Viewing Area

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

Primitives that Apply to Ordered Point Objects

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Points - whether to display the points of an object.

• Edges - whether to display the edges of cells (which are square).

• Cells - whether to display the cell surface.

• Backfacing - whether to represent the back side of the cell surface with a different color

• Texture - whether to display the texture configured by the Textures Manager.

• Model Colors - whether to display the colors of the original scan.

• Object Color - (applicable when more than one object is selected in the Model Manager) specifies whether to display multiple selected objects in different colors.

Primitives that Apply to Unordered Points Objects

• Alignment Points - (Geomagic Studio only) whether to display the alignment points created by Points > Define Alignment for the Micro­Scribe Digitizer.

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area.

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Points - whether to display the points of an object.

• Shaded Points - whether to display the object with varying color inten­sity depending on the normals of its points.

• Backfacing - whether to represent the back side of the cell surface with a different color.

• Texture - whether to display the texture configured by the Textures Manager.

• Model Colors - whether to display the colors of the original scan.

• Object Color - (applicable when more than one object is selected in the Model Manager) specifies whether to display multiple selected objects in different colors.

Primitives that Apply to Wrap Objects

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Points - whether to display the points of an object.

• Edges - whether to display the edges of cells (which are square).

• Holes - whether to highlight the edges of holes on the surface.

• Non-Manifold Edges - whether to highlight non-manifold edges on a wrap object

• Triangles - whether to display the triangles of a wrapped surface

• Texture - whether to display the texture configured by the Textures Manager.

• Model Colors - whether to display the colors of the original scan.

• Object Color - (applicable when more than one object is selected in the Model Manager) specifies whether to display multiple selected objects in different colors.

Primitives that Apply to Polygon Objects

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Points - whether to display the points of an object.

• Edges - whether to display the edges of cells (which are square).

• Holes - whether to highlight the edges of holes on the surface.

• Non-Manifold Edges - whether to highlight non-manifold edges on a wrap object

• Triangles - whether to display the triangles of a wrapped surface

• Backfacing - whether to represent the back side of the cell surface with a different color

• Boundaries - whether to highlight boundaries (lines which no triangles cross)

• Subdivision Points - xx

• Texture - whether to display the texture configured by the Textures Manager.

• Model Colors - whether to display the colors of the original scan.

• Object Color - (applicable when more than one object is selected in the Model Manager) specifies whether to display multiple selected objects in different colors.

• Patches (applicable to Shape objects) - whether to display patches.

• Curves (applicable when ) - zzzzz

• Constrained Lines (applicable when ) - zzzzz

• Grids (applicable to Shape objects) - whether to display grids within patches.

• Shaded Grids (applicable when ) - zzzzz

• Sharp Lines (applicable when ) - zzzzz

Primitives that Apply to CAD Objects

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Mesh Vertices - whether to draw the corners or underlying polygons.

• Mesh Edges - whether to draw the sides of underlying polygons.

• Model Boundaries - whether to indicate zzzzz

• Faces - whether to show the CAD faces

• Backfacing - whether to represent the back side of the cell surface with a different color

• Face Boundaries - whether to draw a red line on the boundary of every CAD face.

• Subdivision Points (but not on a “CAD Group”) - whether to draw a black dot at every intersection of face boundaries.

• Corners - whether to draw a black dot at every intersection of face boundaries.

• Grid Lines - whether to draw underlying grid lines in underlying patches.

• Texture - whether to display the texture configured by the Textures Manager.

• Model Colors - whether to display the colors of the original scan.

• Object Color - (applicable when more than one object is selected in the Model Manager) specifies whether to display multiple selected objects in different colors.

Primitives that Apply to Curve Objects

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area.

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Curve Control Polygon - whether to indicate

• Curve Ends - whether to indicate

• Curve Set - whether to display the line of a Curves object

Primitives that Apply to Plane and Cylinder Objects

• Bounding Box - a box that indicates the extent of an object in the View­ing Area.

• Model Axes - an indicator of the X, Y, and Z axes of the bounding box.

• Points - whether to display the points of an object.

• Edges - whether to display the edges of cells (which are square).

• Triangles - whether to display the triangles of a wrapped surface

• Backfacing - whether to represent the back side of the cell surface with a different color

• Texture - whether to display the texture configured by the Textures Manager.

• Object Color - (applicable when more than one object is selected in the Model Manager) specifies whether to display multiple selected objects in different colors.