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The graphic area
It is the location where elements of your project will be displayed. When your cursor is in the graphic area, it can change of appearance to tell you the actions you can do at the time.
The first of these actions consists in modifying the mode of displaying the views.
When you start TopSolid for the first time, you get a graphic window that contains only a top view. It is possible to modify the view orientation and the number of views of the same file to display. To manage the number of views, orientation and position, you will use the view icons from the system icon bar.
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Function name |
Description |
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Top view |
This icon allows you to directly get the top view orientation (in regards to the current coordinate system). Start this function and select the view(s) that you want to see from the z direction of the current coordinate system. |
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Perspective view |
This icon allows you to directly get the perspective view orientation (in regards to the current coordinate system). Start this function and select the view(s) that you want to see in perspective orientation. |
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Orient view |
This icon opens a dialog
box that allows you to choose a view orientation (front view, right view,...)
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Modifying the graphic window layout
When you put your cursor on the border of a graphic window, it takes the shape of a double arrow. Then, you can do one of the following operations:
Move the central separation by click and drag
on this separation.
Delete or ad a separation using the middle mouse button and then select the view to split by selecting it or use the middle mouse button to indicate the one to delete
Choose or save a view configuration using the right mouse button
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Function name |
Description |
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Split view |
When selecting this icon command, you can split an existing view to create a new one with same orientation. If you select the view to split near a vertical, it will create an horizontal separation, if you select near an horizontal, it will create a vertical separation. |
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Delete view |
When selecting this icon command, you can delete a view window by selecting near the separation to remove. When you have only one view window this operation doesn’t work. |
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Configure view |
This icon give you access
to the menu allowing you to choose the number of view to display. |
TopSolid offers you different ways of zooming in your document.
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Function name |
Description |
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Fit screen |
This zoom function will show your geometry at the maximum possible zoom in order to fit in your view window. In multi window mode the operation of fit screen is done on all view windows. |
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Zoom on element |
This zoom unction allows you to zoom on one single element that will fit the screen in the view where the element has been picked. To exit the function select the EXIT button in the prompt line. |
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Zoom forward |
This zoom command’s primary goal is to zoom in on a portion of your project. The two points you select on the screen define a dynamic rubber-bending line that will represent the new view limits. In order to allow you to zoom in on different portions of your project without selecting another command, some complementary functionality is built into this command:
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Zoom backward |
This zoom allows you to zoom out or backward in regards to the area you define by selecting a rubber-bending window. In order to allow you to zoom in on different portions of your project without selecting another command, some complementary functionality is built into this command:
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We have in TopSolid two types of rendering visualization:
The ones to visualize all elements (wireframe and shading + wireframe)
The ones to only visualize surfaces and solids elements (Hidden lines, Hidden lines dashed, Hidden lines half tone, shading, shading + Hidden lines, shading + wireframe, shading + wireframe - Hidden lines et Realistic rendering).
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Function name |
Description |
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Wireframe |
This visualization mode is the simplest one. All element types visible in the active layers will be displayed in wireframe representation mode. |
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Wireframe - hidden line |
In this mode, only the surfaces and solids will be displayed in hidden line removal mode. The portion of parts hidden will not be displayed. |
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Wireframe - hidden line in half intensity |
In this mode, the hidden lines will be displayed in a half tone color relative to the solid of surface they belong to. |
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Wireframe - hidden line dashed |
In this mode, the hidden lines will be displayed in dash lines with the same color relative to the solid of surface they belong to. |
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Wireframe - fast hidden line |
It is the same representation as hidden line rendering except the calculation of the view is faster (and so less precise) but the mode is still active during rotation, zoom or translation. |
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Shading |
The shading mode allows you to see your surfaces and solids only with a shading (using a gouraud method). |
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Shading + hidden edges |
The shading + hidden edges mode allows to see the document as the previous shading mode with the edges displayed. The edges color can be changed in the file properties. This mode display only surface and solid parts. |
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Shading + wireframe |
It combines the shading mode and the wireframe mode. Your will be able to see your wireframe geometry through the surfaces and solids who are in shading mode. |
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Shading + hidden edges + wireframe |
It combines the shading and wireframe hidden edges modes. You will be able to see the wireframe element properly intersecting the shaded elements. |
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Shading + wireframe - hidden lines |
This mode is the same as the previous one but the hidden elements are not displayed. |
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Shading + wireframe - hidden lines - hidden edges |
This mode is the same as the shading + hidden edges mode with wireframe elements and dashed hidden lines displayed. |
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Realistic rendering |
This rendering is similar to the classic shading but it takes into account the material coating applied on shapes including textures and embossing. It gives you a more realistic rendering of the objects. |
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Realistic rendering + edges |
This mode is the same as the realistic rendering with the edges of the shapes displayed. |
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Graphic cross section |
Allows you to configure the Graphic cross section. Before using the dynamic graphic cross section (F8), you need to define the section plane. You can choose the side to cut but with the INVERT button, configure the section (color, transparency, hatching pattern) using the CONFIGURE button and you can choose to DISABLE the cutting plane by button selection as well. When your configuration is done you can enter in Dynamic graphic section by tapping F8 on the keyboard. Click here to see an example
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If you use a wheel mouse,
turn the wheel toward the bottom to perform this zoom.
