Description

Example

Bold characters

Visible element or operation.

Thin characters

Invisible element or operation :

• using the Deactivated or Visible functions of the contextual menu

• after pulling down the insertion cursor (for an operation).

Italic characters

Element automatically driven by TopSolid (generally created in another document).

Ex : When you import sub-assembly kinematics joints in the final assembly, imported joints are displayed in italic characters.

= 0

No intermediary result has been stored by the Parasolid modeler for this operation.

The  function will have no effect on this operation.

= *

An intermediary result has been stored by the Parasolid modeler for this operation.

The function will allow deleting this intermediary result thus reducing the file size.

<>

The operation geometry is kept (see also for more details).

()

The operation has been deactivated.

Insertion cursor allows to display the part at different step of its conception and insert new operations.

Simplification cursor allowing you to choose the level of detail of the simplified shape.

Invalid element or operation.

Operation de-activated automatically.

Built in place element (solid or surface)

Sub assembly included using Assembly | Include sub assembly / part function.

Element included using the PARTIAL INCLUDE option of the Assembly | Include sub assembly / part function ( or "Assembly | Include element" function of releases prior than TopSolid 2003 )

User standard component.