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Tweak face display options

These display modes can help you see the contours of a face or surface.

• GridSee Sketch grid displays a grid on your face or surface. This is similar to the Grid tool on the MeasureTools for displaying measurement properties of the edges, faces, and solids in your design. tab.

• CurvatureAnalysis tool that displays a fringe graph or color shading to represent the curvature along curves or edges. Values indicate how curvy or "swoopy" the curve or surface is at each point. displays a gradient on your face or surface. The curvature with the largest radius is shown in the maximum color. The curvature with the smallest radius, or no radius, is shown in the minimum color. This is similar to the Curvature tool on the Measure tab.

• Porcupine displays a fringe graph on your face or surface. This display shows you the tangency of your surface at multiple points.

• Show Off-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. Control Points displays all control points. If this option is not selected, you won't see control points that don't affect the surface.

• Show Periodic Seams displays the beginning seam of the surface when you are editing periodic faces (cylinders, cones, and other revolved surfaces). This may help you see of the characteristics or behavior of some periodic faces as you edit.

To show a grid on your face or surface

1. Select Grid in the Show section on the Face Edit tab.

2. (Optional) Change the Color and ScaleSolidObject that encloses volume. A surface becomes a solid if it encloses volume. or surface: Change the size of the selected object using the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool. You can scale dynamically or by entering a scale value. Drawing sheet or cross-section views: Magnify or shrink the view by selecting a ViewOrientation settings that you can apply to your design, including spin, pan, and zoom. You can adjust these settings individually or you can apply one of the following preconfigured views: Trimetric, Isometric, Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, Left. You can also select Snap View and click a face to view it head-on. in the Structure tree and editing the Properties panel. of the grid.

To show curvature on your face or surface

1. Select Curvature in the Show section on the Face Edit tab.

2. (Optional) Change the shading colors under Curvature in the ribbon group.

   The maximum color is on the left and the minimum color is on the right.

To show a fringe graph on your face or surface

1. Select Porcupine in the Show section on the Face Edit tab.

2. (Optional) Adjust the Density to change the number of fringes displayed along the curve.

3. (Optional) Adjust the Scale to change the length of the fringes relative to the amount of curvature.