Graphics Preferences

Form: Preferences

Use the Options menu > Graphics Preferences command to access the Preferences form and change default font and display parameters.

• Font

• • Font: Click the Change button to access the Font form. Select the Font, Font style and Size from the drop-down lists and check the Strikeout and Underline check boxes to add these effects.  

  • Maximum Graphic Font Size: As you zoom into your model, the font size becomes proportionately larger. However the font size is never made larger than the specified maximum graphic font size. The maximum graphic font size is entered in points. The default for this item is 8 points. This font size does not apply to the grid line identification labels, which are sized according to the specified size of the bubble.

1. • Minimum Graphic Font Size: As you zoom out of your model, the font size becomes proportionately smaller. However the font size is never made smaller than the specified minimum graphic font size. The minimum graphic font size is entered in points. The default for this item is 3 points. In some cases, you may need to increase this minimum font size to be able to read what is on your screen. This font size does not apply to the grid line identification labels, which are sized according to the specified size of the bubble.

• Quality

• • Minimum Screen Line Thickness: This parameter controls the minimum thickness of lines on the screen. All lines are affected except for the bounding plane line. The thickness is entered in pixels. This item has no effect on text fonts. The default for this item is 1 pixel.

  • Minimum Printer Line Thickness: This parameter controls the minimum thickness of lines and fonts that are output to the printer. All lines are affected. The thickness is entered in pixels. The default for this item is 4 pixels.

  • Anti Aliasing: Check this check box to activate the anti aliasing filter that removes undesirable distortion artifacts from the displays.

  • Constant Line Thickness: Check this check box if all lines should be drawn with the same thickness.

  • Shading within Element. Check this check box to add shading to objects.

• Size

• • Auto Zoom Step. This is the size of the step used for the View menu > Zoom In One Step command and the View menu > Zoom Out One Step command and their associated toolbar buttons. This parameter is entered as a percentage. The magnification of all objects in a view is increased or decreased by this percentage. The default for this item is 10%.

  • Shrink Factor for Line Objects. The Shrink Factor is the percentage of the original size that objects are to be displayed in the active window when you shrink objects in a view.  The default factor is 70%. You can shrink objects by:

  • • using the Object Shrink Toggle button

    • selecting the View menu > Set Display Options command and checking the Shrink Elements check box in the Options area of the Set Display Options form.

Typically area objects are not shrunk by this percentage. Instead, they are shrunk by a set number of pixels that is built into the program.