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To Show or Hide Items During Spinning or Animation
To change the colors, spinning, or animation display of your model:
1. Click File > Options > Entity Display.
2. Under Geometry display settings, select Show colors assigned to model surface to display colors. This can also be set using the configuration file option color.
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You can also use the Colors on/off button () on the Quick Access toolbar or ribbon to switch the display of colors. Use Customize Ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar tabs to place buttons on the toolbar or ribbon.
3. Switch to Model Display tab.
4. Under Model display settings when reorienting the model, select:
Show the orientation center—To display the Orientation Center during dynamic spinning of the model. This checkbox is checked by default. Note that you can also set the configuration option spin_with_orientation_center set to yes (default is yes).
Show datums—To display datum features during the dynamic spinning of the model. This checkbox is cleared by default. Note that you can also set the configuration option spin_with_part_entities to yes (default is no).
Show surface mesh—To display surface mesh during the dynamic spinning of the model. This checkbox is checked by default.
5. Set the frame rate while spinning as follows:
To attempt to guarantee the time it takes to draw a frame during spinning, select Use time to draw frames check box. Selecting the check box enables Set frames per seconds rate to. his can also be set using the frames_per_sec configuration option.
Using Set frames per seconds rate to set the minimum number of displays per second during spinning. This can also be set using the frames_per_sec_value configuration option.
6. Set animation while reorienting as follows:
Show animation—Select to enable functionality.
Set maximum number of seconds spent animating to—Set the maximum number of seconds spent animating between views.
Set minimum number of frames displayed for animation to—Set the minimum number of displays for animation between views.
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To change the display of silhouette edge, switch to Model Display tab. Select Show silhouette edges to display silhouette edges during dynamic spinning of the model. This checkbox is cleared by default. Note that you can also set the configuration option spin_with_silhouettes to yes (default is no).