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Quick Access Ribbon : Display Tab
The Display Tab contains options to control how or what is displayed in the main display panel. Moving the mouse over the icons will display a hint of that option. Some of the icons have an arrow below them which indicates there is a pull-down menu containing additional options.
Placing the cursor over icons in RTM will display helpful hints and a short description on what the icon is used for.
Orientation
This section contains all the controls to view the model in the display panel.
The first row of icons controls the views of the model using the Current reference system.
The second row controls the display of the model using the machine table orientation.
The third row controls the view of the model using the Global reference system.
Visualization
Contains visualization tools for viewing the model. Zoom Max and Zoom by window, rotational control options, and Clipping plane controls are accessed through this section. Graphical selection controls allow the User to control how model entities will be highlighted, by a mouse click or mouse rollover. Full Cursor toggle and Marker point controls are also in this section of the Display Bar.
NC Files
Contains display toggle to control which type of NC files, MILL, or ISO Rapid moves, will be displayed or hidden from the display panel. It also has control to toggle the rapid moves of the Iso files and to toggle the Iso files from the display screen.
Model
The Model section contains the settings and toggles for all the entities in the display panel.
From here entities such as Camcurves, Cad Curves and Windows can be hidden and displayed from the main display panel.
A color picker and a translucency slider are available in the Pocket pull down menu. Also, the Z-security of the pockets can be displayed or hidden.
Under the Drilling icon the translucency can set adjusted.
Clicking the External Boundary will toggle it from the display panel.
There are 2 options in the Wireframe Icon – show and hide the wireframe and one for the UV lines.
Shading Options will change how the model is displayed. Clicking on the icon will toggle shade or un-shade the model. Clicking the drop-down arrow will display shading options.
Setup icon will toggle the display of the setup elements – spindle orientation and table orientation if a setup has been created.
View
View icon contains 4 individual icons. Clicking on each of them will change the amount of viewport in the main display window.
Layers
Layers icon will display the layer definition application where the programmer can turn of and off layers as well as set the current layer.