KOMPAS-3D v24

Element

Setting description

When creating an operation

The drop-down list allows you to select the model orientation that will be set when you exit sketch mode by invoking one of the 3D operations commands.

To specify the orientation, expand the list and select the required row:

•Set isometry — when exiting the sketch with operation creation, the model is automatically set to the isometric projection, and when exiting without operation creation, the model is restored to the orientation it had before entering the sketch..

•Set dimetry — when exiting the sketch with operation creation, the model is automatically set to the dimetric projection, and when exiting without operation creation, the model is restored to the orientation it had before entering the sketch.

•Do not change orientation — When leaving the sketch, both with and without creating an operation, the orientation that the model had before entering the sketch is restored.

When an operation is completed, the current orientation of the model is saved. When editing operations, the orientation of the model is not changed.

When editing a sketch

The drop-down list allows you to select the orientation when creating a new sketch or editing an existing one. The following options are available:

•Set normal to the sketch plane — automatic orientation setting is performed Normal to...

•Set by SC of the sketch — in addition to the orientation setting Normal to... plane rotation created/to a position where the Y axis points up and the X axis points to the right. The normal of the sketch plane is directed toward the observer.

•Do not change orientation — the current orientation of the model does not change when switching to sketch mode.

Smoothness

The scale allows you to adjust the number of intermediate frames between the frames representing the model in the initial and final positions/scale. This makes the change of the model position/scale look smooth instead of abrupt. The number of intermediate frames increases as you move the «slider» from left to right. When the number of frames decreases, the model image change becomes less smooth but faster, and when the number of frames increases, the model image change becomes less smooth but faster — on the contrary.

Center the image

The option includes centering the model image while changing its orientationincluding during automatic orientation changes when editing a sketch and creating an operation.

Centering — aligning the center of the graphics area with the center of projection of the overall model parallelepiped on the screen plane.

Overall parallelepiped — a conditional parallelepiped, whose faces are parallel to the coordinate planes and pass through the most distant from each other points of the model objects.

Maintain the current window scale

The option includes saving the scale set in the graphical area of the model when changing its orientation.

If the option is disabled, after changing the orientation, including after automatic orientation change during sketch editing and operation creation, the optimal scale of model display is selected and set (see the table Rules for selecting the scale of model display when changing its orientation).

Method of orientation change

Scaling rules

Manual selection of the required orientation

Automatically installation
to the selected orientation when creating an operation

The scale is selected so that in the graphic area of the model its overall parallelepiped fits completely.

Automatic installation
to orientation Normal to... when sketching

When sketching on a coordinate plane, the scale is set to 1.0.

When sketching on a part face or on an auxiliary plane, the scale is chosen so that the face or plane fits completely in the graphic area of the model. The dimensions of the auxiliary plane are determined by the dimensions of the rectangle representing it on the screen.