The Show Properties dialog box controls the appearance of the objects (parts and workplanes) in viewports. For example, by adding a part to a viewport's drawlist, you can set its appearance using Show Properties (for example, displaying edges and shading).
To display the Show Properties dialog box:
• Right-click the viewport and select Show Properties.
Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access redraws the contents of the viewport as you switch on or off the characteristic.
If you want to switch on or off more than one object at a time without closing the menu, pin the menu. Afterwards, you can close the menu by clicking the close icon.
If you have a large assembly or part and want to change several Show settings, you can avoid redrawing the viewport contents after every click by freezing the viewport, changing the Show settings, and then unfreezing the viewport.
The following table summarizes the Show settings. Click the tab to display the appropriate group of settings.
The Show Options
3D Geometry:
• 3D Geometry - Master switch for 3D Geometry
• Shaded - Shaded facets
• Edged - Edged facets
• Wire - Wire facets
• Hidd Supp - Suppress hidden facets and edges
• Hidd Dimm - Dim hidden edges
• Mixed - Mixed display mode
• Vertices - 3D part vertices
• Feature Points - Feature points
• Coord Sys - Coordinate Systems
• Part Trans - Part transparency
• Face Trans - Face transparency
• Face Color - Face colors
• Part Refl - Part reflectance
• Face Refl - Face reflectance
• Edge Color - Edge colors
• Labels - 3D labels
• Docuplane - 3D documentation planes
• Clip Panes - Clipping planes
Workplanes:
• Workplanes - Master switch for workplanes (including contents)
• WP Border - Workplane borders
• Local Axes - Workplane local axes (U,V,W)
• WP Label - Workplane name labels (/w1, and so on)
• Dim Inactive - Dims the geometry in inactive workplane
• Match Lines - Match lines (used in Loft)
• 2D Geom - All geometry
• Constr - All construction geometry
• Vertices - All 2D geometry vertices
• Labels - Labels for 2D geometry
• Hidd Supp - The display of geometry in the active workplane. With this option switched off the geometry of the active workplane is no longer hidden (suppressed). You can see the geometry even if the workplane lies within a part.(1)
Analysis:
• Analysis - Shows/hides analysis.
• Mesh - Shows/hides meshes.
• Mesh Cnd - Shows/hides mesh conditions.
• LBC - Shows/hides loads and boundary conditions.
