General

This page deals with the options concerning:

Geometry
Defines the geometry options:

Tolerances
Defines the user-defined tolerances to every element to be created and modified within a FreeStyle workbench or the Automotive Class A workbench.

Constraint
Defines the continuity variation. In this case if the continuity is over the set value the element is not created/modified.
This value cannot be modified in P1-mode.
By default, the value is 0.1

Deviation
Defines the deviation tolerance value used when converting elements using the Converter Wizard for example (see tasks Approximating/Segmenting Procedural Curves and Approximating/Segmenting Procedural Surfaces within the FreeStyle Shaper, Optimizer, and Profiler User's Guide). In this case you accept the conversion up to the set tolerance value.
By default, the value is 0.1

Order
Defines the maximum allowed order along the U (and V) directions for each curve segment and surface patch. This maximum order value ranges from 5 to 16 included, in a given direction.
This value cannot be modified in P1-mode.
By default, the value is 16

Auto Detection
Defines the auto detection options:

Coordinates
Defines whether the point coordinates are displayed as the pointer moves along the geometry.
By default, this option is not selected.

Search Dressing
Defines whether the control points on geometry detected with the pointer are displayed when using the Snap on Cpt (snap on control points) option from the Dashboard.
By default, this option is selected.

Display
Defines the display options:

Control Points
Defines whether the control points are displayed on the geometry. See Displaying Control Points Temporarily in the FreeStyle Shaper, Optimizer, and Profiler User's Guide).
By default, this option is not selected.

Continuity
Defines whether the continuities are displayed at every connection between elements (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, fill surfaces, and so forth).
By default, this option is selected.

Curvature
Defines whether the curvature texts are displayed on an element (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, and so forth).
By default, this option is not selected.

Order
Defines whether the order number is displayed along the U (for curves) or U and V directions (for surfaces).
By default, this option is selected.

Contact Point
Defines whether the contact point is displayed at every connection between connected elements (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, and so forth).
By default, this option is selected.

Tension
Defines whether the tension manipulators are displayed oat every connection between connecting elements (such as blend and match curves and surfaces, and so forth).
This option is P2-only.
By default, this option is not selected.

Tuning
Defines the tuning options, these options are P2-only:

Coefficient
Defines the coefficient value used when manipulating views or geometry.
By default, the value is 0.1

Rotation Step
Defines the rotation step value used when manipulating views or geometry.
By default, the value is 1.000

Selection options
Defines the selection focus options.

Full Cross
Defines whether a full cross is displayed.
By default, this option is not selected.

All Mesh
Defines whether all the mesh is selected when editing control points.
By default, this option is not selected.

Filter options : deselect all points
Defines whether all the selected control points of the selected elements are deselected when the Filters mode is changed in the Control Points dialog box.
By default, this option is not selected.

Matching Constraint command options

Defines the matching constraint options.

Default activation status
Defines the constraints created during the Matching Constraint command to be deactivated. When the constraint is deactivated, it is not updated when its inputs (source or target) is modified outside the Matching Constraint command.

Minimum Corner Distance
Defines the relimitation manipulator that is used to move the constraint to snap directly at to the corner of the selected face when it gets closer than the value defined.

Mean Surface Solver

Defines the result between multiple constraints surface as a mean surface between each constraint result. If a surface is modified by two constraints, the results for the two constraints are computed separately. The final result is a mean surface between those two intermediate results.

Mirror Analysis option

Defines the mirror display options during Mirror Analysis command.

Feedback color
Defines the default color in which the mirrored elements and analysis are displayed when Display mirror tags is active in the Mirror Analysis dialog box.
By default, the color is gray as shown in the screen capture.

Mapping Analysis option

Defines the material display options during isophote mapping analysis command.

No warning message if material mode is not ON
Select this check box if you want the material mode to be automatically ON during the isophotes mapping analysis even though the Materials option in the View > Render Style > Customize View command is cleared. No warning message is displayed.