Setting Style Preferences
This topic describes how to set the Style preferences inside the Style feature.
1. Click
Style >
Operations >
Preferences. The
Style Preferences dialog box opens.
2. Set any of the following preferences:
◦ Surface Connections
▪ Connection types:
▪ Tangent check box—Adds default tangent connections to newly-created Style surfaces.
▪ Normal check box—Adds default normal connections to newly-created Style surfaces.
▪ Connection icon scale—Sets the icon display size.
◦ Surface Mesh
▪ Surface mesh display
▪ On—Shows the surface mesh.
▪ Off when shaded—Hides the surface mesh when the
Shading display mode is selected. Shows the surface mesh when the Shading mode is not selected.
▪ Always off—Hides the surface mesh.
▪ Quality slider—Defines the fineness of the surface mesh.
◦ Merge surfaces on exit check box—Merges the surfaces of the current Style feature when you exit Style. This preference is stored within the feature, so each Style feature can have a different setting.
◦ Grid
▪ Display grid check box—Displays a grid for the active datum plane.
▪ Spacing—Defines the number of lines to display on the grid.
◦ Auto Regenerate
▪ Curves check box—Regenerates curves automatically.
▪ Surfaces check box—Regenerates surfaces automatically.
▪ Shaded surfaces check box—Regenerates shaded surfaces automatically.
3. If needed, to restore all the Style preferences to the default settings, click Reset.
4. Click OK.