(This item pertains to the check boxes on the General tab of the Setup Options dialog box. You can open it through the F5 key or through the Edit | Preferences | Setup menu option.)
The Display Outline of Plane check box determines whether or not PC-DMIS, when it creates new measured or constructed plane features, displays actual plane outlines in the Graphic Display window instead of the small symbolic triangle symbol typically used.
For example, if you select this check box and measure three points to construct a plane, the symbolic triangle for the plane is sized so that its vertices are exactly where the measured points are.
Example of a constructed plane displayed with this check box selected
Whether you select or clear this check box, existing outlines aren't redrawn; only planes created from that point are affected. To change existing outlines, you have to do it manually.
To switch the display of existing planes:
Access the Edit window.
Place it in Command mode.
Go to the command for the plane's display that you want to change. For example:
PLN1 = FEAT/PLANE,RECT,TRIANGLE
Press the TAB key until you highlight the TRIANGLE or OUTLINE field.
Press F7 or F8 to switch between the available values for this field.
TRIANGLE displays the plane as a triangle.
OUTLINE displays the plane as an actual outline of the points making up the plane.
NONE hides that specific drawing of the plane.
See "Using the Display Area" under the "Constructing a Plane Feature" topic for an example of these display types.
Press the TAB key to see the result in the Graphic Display window.
Alternately, you can right-click and choose Edit, and make the change on the plane's dialog box itself.
This setting corresponds with the DisplayOutlineOfPlane entry in the Option section of the PC-DMIS Settings Editor.