<!doctype HTML public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"> <html> <head> <title>About mesh preferences</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="generator" content="RoboHelp by eHelp Corporation www.ehelp.com"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="default_ns.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss"> <!-- if (navigator.appName !="Netscape") { document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='default.css'>");} //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- ul.whs1 { list-style:disc; } p.whs2 { font-weight:bold; } img_whs3 { border:none; width:384px; height:373px; } p.whs4 { font-weight:normal; } img_whs5 { border:none; width:268px; height:296px; } img_whs6 { border:none; width:243px; height:143px; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript"> <!-- function reDo() { if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight) location.reload(); } if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) { origWidth = innerWidth; origHeight = innerHeight; onresize = reDo; } onerror = null; //--> </script> <style type="text/css"> <!-- div.WebHelpPopupMenu { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden; } --> </style><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whmsg.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="whver.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whproxy.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whutils.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="whtopic.js"></script> </head> <body><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.gbWhTopic) { if (window.addTocInfo) { addTocInfo("MESH module\nSetting Mesh Preferences\nAbout mesh preferences"); addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","",""); } if (window.writeBtnStyle) writeBtnStyle(); if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(1); if (window.setRelStartPage) { setRelStartPage("smesh.htm"); autoSync(1); sendSyncInfo(); sendAveInfoOut(); } } else if (window.gbIE4) document.location.reload(); //--> </script> <h1>About mesh preferences</h1> <p>In the MESH module you can set mesh preferences, default settings, which can be used in later sessions with this module. To set preferences, select in the main window: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences / Mesh</B></span> (other preferences are described in the KERNEL module)</p> <ul type="disc" class="whs1"> <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="presentation.htm" style="font-weight: bold;">Display mode</a> allows to set <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Wireframe, Shading, Nodes</B></span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Shrink</B></span> presentation mode as default. This functionality is described in full detail in other chapter.</p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p><a href="colors___size.htm" style="font-weight: bold;">Colors and Size</a> settings are also described in other chapter. By setting them here you will them in all later sessions.</p></li> <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Scalar Bar</B></span> allows you to set <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Scalar Bar Preferences</B></span></p></li> </ul> <p class="whs2"> <img src="image111.gif" width="384px" height="373px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p> <p class="whs4">In the picture above the default settings are shown</p> <ul type="disc" class="whs1"> <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs4">In the menu <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences - Selection</B></span> you can set default colors line width for displaying <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Mesh Objects, Mesh Elements</B></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preselection</B></span>. You can also set the precision level for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Nodes</B></span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Elements.</B></span> </p></li> </ul> <p> <img src="image113.gif" width="268px" height="296px" border="0" class="img_whs5"></p> <ul type="disc" class="whs1"> <li class=kadov-p><p>Via <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Quality Controls / Precision </B></span>it is possible to<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <B></B></span>set the<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> Number of digits after point </B></span>for numbers in Quality Control diagrams or present integer values (by default)<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <B></B></span></p></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> </B></span><img src="image114.gif" width="243px" height="143px" border="0" class="img_whs6"></p> <ul type="disc" class="whs1"> <li class=kadov-p><p>Finally by toggling <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Quality Controls / Display entity </B></span>you will display by default both faces and edges of an object.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <B></B></span></p></li> </ul> <p> </p> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> <!-- if (window.writeIntopicBar) writeIntopicBar(0); //--> </script> </body> </html>