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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">General options</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/edt_objdsp_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/edt_objdsp_op.html');return(false);">Options </a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/edt_objdsp_rt.html');return(false);"> Related Topics</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Basic</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Layer</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the layer, 1 through 256, on which to place selected objects. A zero (0) indicates &quot;No Change&quot;, regardless of the number of objects picked and the layer(s) on which they reside.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Color</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Changes the color of the selected objects. For details about adding colors to assemblies and their components, see the Assemblies Help&rarr;Introduction and Concepts&rarr;Component Properties&rarr;Assembly Page.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">For more information on component color, see the Component Properties page in the Assemblies Help.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Line Font</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Changes the font of curves such as solid, dashed, phantom, etc. Does not affect text fonts.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Width</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Opens the Select by Attribute dialog which displays various types of curves for the Line Font. Located in the Class Selection Tool. Width changes the width of existing objects. Thin Width is one pixel wide, Normal Width is two pixels wide, and Thick Width is three pixels wide.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Shaded Display</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Translucency</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Controls the amount of light passing through selected objects. For more information about translucency, see the Component Properties page in the Assemblies Help.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Partially Shaded</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets the partial shade attribute for the selected bodies and/or faces.</p>
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                              <p class="para_note_body"><b class="uiTerm">Partially Shaded</b> only affects the display in partially shaded views.  
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Face Analysis</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies whether to change the Face Analysis attribute to on or off. Assuming that you select faces, determines whether or not they display in Face Analysis rendering style.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Wireframe Display</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Show Poles</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays the control polygon for selected splines or surfaces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Show Knots</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Displays knot points for selected splines or knot lines for selected surfaces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">U</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Modifies surface grid count by changing the number of grid curves in the U and V directions. The current U and V curve counts are displayed only when one surface is selected.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Grid Count applies only to solid body faces. It is not possible to set face grids on occurrences of solid body faces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">V</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Modifies surface grid count by changing the number of grid curves in the U and V directions. The current U and V curve counts are displayed only when one surface is selected.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">Grid Count applies only to solid body faces. It is not possible to set face grids on occurrences of solid body faces.</p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Facet Body</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Display</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Modifies the display of the selected facet body, substituting symbols for the facet body polygon lines. You can choose from the following options: <b class="uiTerm">No Change</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Normal</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Point</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Plus Sign</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Asterisk</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Circle</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Pound Sign</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Cross</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Grid Point</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Square</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Triangle</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Diamond</b>, and <b class="uiTerm">Centerline</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Display Sample</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">When <b class="uiTerm">Display</b> is any value other than <b class="uiTerm">Normal</b>, you can type a value here for the number of samples that display. The higher the value, the fewer the number of facet surface symbols that display. The default is 0, which displays the highest number of samplings.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Settings</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Apply to All Faces</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">This option works with solid bodies that have some of its faces with any of these display attributes:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Grid Count - U</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Partially Shaded</p>
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                  <p class="para_td">See <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('managing_a_part/edt_objdsp_faceatt_ht.html');return(false);">Change face attributes</a> for examples of the use of <b class="uiTerm">Apply to All Faces</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Inherit</b>.
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                  <p class="para_td">Sets object properties to those of an existing object. </p>
                  <p class="para_td">To set object properties to those of an existing object:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Select the objects intended for modification.</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Select Inherit from the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Object Display</b> dialog box.   
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                        <p class="para_item">Select the object that has the desired characteristics. </p>
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                        <p class="para_item">To change some of the inherited properties, change the desired options in the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Object Dispaly</b> dialog box.
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                              <p class="para_note_body">Dimensions cannot be selected for inherit attributes. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Re-highlight Objects</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Tries different combinations of options on the selected objects.</p>
                  <p class="para_td">To try different combinations of options on the selected objects:</p>
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                        <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> to apply the currently set options.
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                        <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">Re-highlight Objects</b>. 
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                        <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b> to make the changes permanent. 
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                  <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Select New Objects</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Modifies additional objects from the Edit Object Display dialog box. </p>
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