Editing the CAD Display: Introduction

PC-DMIS lets you edit the display of the CAD in the Graphic Display window.

The main topics in this chapter describe how to edit the CAD display. These include:

• Setting Up the Screen View

• Setting Up CAD and Graphics

• Working with CAD Levels

• Making CAD 3D by Using the Create Levels Window

• Working with CAD Groups

• Working with CAD Model Views

• Managing and Positioning On-Screen Elements

• Switching Between Curve and Surface Modes

• Drawing Surfaces

• Highlighting CAD Elements

• Displaying Mouse Coordinates in Screen Counter Text

• Repainting the Screen

• Changing Screen Modes

• Changing Screen Colors

• CAD GD&T Tab

• Changing Trihedron Settings

• Scaling the Drawing

• Rotating the Drawing

• Using the Rotation Widget

• Changing Rotation and Other Motion Options

• Showing and Hiding Graphics

• Working with CAD GD&T Callouts

• Working with Assemblies of Parts

• Creating a CAD Section Cut

• Working with a Machine Assembly

• Viewing CAD Information

• Verifying CAD Information

• Using Screen Captures of the Graphic Display Window

• Editing CAD Elements

• Editing CAD Vectors

• Selecting Features Using the Graphic Display Window

• Identifying Features by Using Tooltips

• Automatically Positioning Feature ID Labels

• Editing Dimension Colors

• Editing Feature Appearance

• Showing, Animating, and Moving Path Lines

• Graphical Hit Selection Method

• Deleting CAD Elements

• Deleting Features

• Deleting Dimensions

• Transforming a CAD Model

• Working with CAD Coordinate Systems

• Checking and Fixing Point Nominal Deviation

• Modifying Display Symbols

• Changing CAD Tolerances

• Centering the Probe on the Screen

• Viewing the Graphic Display in Demo Mode

• Viewing Clearance Planes

• Using the ClearanceCube