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CAD-Line > Display Options tab

Use Display-Options tab to:

•Edit the color and transparency of a CAD-Solid.

•Toggle the Show or Hide a CAD-Solid .

•Move a CAD-Solid in the X, Y, Z-axis directions.

Cad-Solids are those CAD models you import onto a CAD-Line with the CAD-Line dialog

CAD-Line dialog

Display Options tab

CAD-Line dialog > Display Options tab

CAD-Line dialog > Display Options tab

Click to exapand /collapse Display Options 
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Show SOLID (check-box)

Click the Show Solid check-box to show or hide the CAD-Solid that is on the CAD-Line.

Note: Enable Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms to show CAD-Solids in Mechanism-Editors.

Transparency:

Drag the Transparency slider-bar to change the transparency of the CAD-Solid on the CAD-Line. Experiment!

Solid color:

Click the Solid Color button to open and edit the color of the CAD-Solid with the Windows® color picker,

Number of Vertices: (read-only)

Complex files have more vertices. MechDesigner may be slow to respond to new commands when there are many CAD-Solids, each with many Number-of-Vertices.

How many is too many? Try to make Number-of-Vertices < 10,000.

Experiment with the Fine, Coarse and Custom radio-buttons in the SOLIDWORKS tab.

See also: Top-Tips

Top Tips:

Make a new SOLIDWORKS Configuration if there are many features that add vertices only for cosmetic reasons.

In the new configuration, reduce the number of vertices:

•Remove Fillets, cosmetic fillets

•Use Chamfers to show model edges

•Do not import CAD models with balls in ball bearings

•Do not import CAD models of a Servomotor - they are frequently huge.

•Make the model as simple as possible. e.g. remove screws, screw holes, ...

Click to exapand /collapse CAD Solid XYZ Position 
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Move CAD-Solid - X (or Y, or Z)-axis

If your CAD-Solid is not in the correct place use the Move CAD-Solid - X (or Y, or Z) to translate the CAD-Solid.

You cannot rotate the CAD-Solid.

Notes:

Before you import a CAD-Solid:

If you use the STL Import tab to import your CAD model, rotate your mode in your CAD software

If you use the SolidWorks tab to import your CAD model, add a Coordinate System feature such that the X-axis aligns with the CAD-Line and the Origin is coincident with the start-Point of the CAD-Line before you import it.