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Displaying workspace tools

You can adjust the display of workspace tools and the display of your design in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. using the Show drop-down list of tools in the Display ribbon group on the Display tab, and by modifying DS Mechanical options.

To customize the tools displayed while you are working with your design

DS Mechanical offers the following tools on the Display ribbon group on the Display tab to assist you while creating, editing, and detailing your designs:

• Check the World OriginZero point in coordinate system. You can insert an origin at any location in your design where you can anchor the Move tool, enabling you to dimension from the origin or quickly move the sketch grid to the origin. You can also insert an origin at a solid's center of mass or volume. box to display the axes that set the default orientation of the design in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

• Check the SpinTool used to re-orient your design in any direction, allowing you to view it from any angle. Center box to mark the center of the spin when using the SpinTool used to re-orient your design in any direction, allowing you to view it from any angle. tool. (This is the same as the Show SpinTool used to re-orient your design in any direction, allowing you to view it from any angle. CenterDS Mechanical option.)

• Check the Lineweight box to switch the line style of lines (such as those displayed in Hidden LineA straight line, arc, or spline drawn in Sketch mode or on a layout plane. Lines have length but no area. When you pull a sketch into 3D with the Pull tool, lines become edges., Hidden LineA straight line, arc, or spline drawn in Sketch mode or on a layout plane. Lines have length but no area. When you pull a sketch into 3D with the Pull tool, lines become edges. Removed, and WireframeView mode in which all edges of the part or assembly are displayed. graphics styles) from thin to the thickness set by the Lineweight tool in the Style ribbon group.

• Check the FaceSide or other surface of a solid. Some examples are the inside surface of a hole or the six sides of a rectangular solid. See Surface. Highlight box to enable pre-highlighting of faces.

• Check the FaceSide or other surface of a solid. Some examples are the inside surface of a hole or the six sides of a rectangular solid. See Surface. Spotlight box to show a spotlight attached to the cursor when passing over faces.

• Check the Adjacent Entities box to display faint highlighting on adjacent faces when you hover over an edge and on adjacent edges when you hover over a vertex. Scrolling the mouse wheel switches between adjacent entities. This feature is useful in selecting the correct edge or face to extrude.

• Check the Layout2D drawing mode that is most useful when you have no immediate need to generate 3D objects from the lines in the layout. If you try to pull layout lines to 3D, they do not behave the same way that sketched lines do. Think of a layout as a pencil drawing made on your design. When you are ready to use your layout to create geometry, you must project the layout lines to a sketch. Projecting a layout line to a sketch is like inking the line. You can import a 2D AutoCAD DXF or DWG file as a layout. Lines box to display sketch curves on layout planes.

• Check the OffsetDistance an edge, segment, or curve is moved or copied. Baseline Faces box to display offset relationships with blue shading.

• Check the Standard Holes box display Standard Holes in blue. When unchecked, Standard Hole faces display in the normal face color.

• Check the Lightweight Components box to display Lightweight components. This also has a flyout for setting Lightweight componentSee Lightweight assembly transparency.
• Check the Environment box to display according to the settings in the Appearance panel.

To display other workspace tools, modify the settings in the Popular DS Mechanical options.

Examples

Hovering over an edge with Adjacent Entities highlights the faces shared by the edge