HFSS15: Modeler Options: Drawing Tab

These options are set on the Drawing tab of the Modeler Options dialog box.

1. To specify snap settings, select or clear the following check boxes in the Snap Mode section:

• Grid

• Vertex

• Edge Center

• Face Center

• Quadrant

• Arc Center

2. Enter how near the mouse needs to be to click a grid item in the Mouse Sensitivity box, in pixels.

3. Select or clear the Show measures dialog check box.

The specifies whether a Properties dialog appears on the creation of a new primitive.

4. The Operation Data Mode controls whether you draw new objects directly via the mouse, or whether a Properties dialog opens for you to enter dimensions for the object. The Dialog mode drawing feature works with the equation based line, and all two and three dimensional objects.

• Point mode - mouse drawing.

• Dialog - enter dimensions in the properties dialog.

You can also use F3 for Point mode and F4 for dialog mode.

5. To have a Properties dialog display whenever you create a new object in the modeling window, check the box for Edit properties of new primitives.