Alibre Design

Chapter 9 - Working with PartsNote: To measure to or from the center of cylindrical shapes, select theassociated cylindrical face.6. Select the Projected on Plane option to project the measurement to anotherplane. Select the Projection plane.A measurement preview line is displayed in the work area and measurementinformation is displayed in the Measurements area in the dialog box.7. New measurements can be taken without closing the dialog box. Simply adjust theType and Mode as necessary and select the new entities.8. Click Close when finished.9.5 Part Display OptionsYou can select from four different display modes to control how a part is displayed.The default display type is Shaded. Other display options include Wireframe,Shaded & Visible Edges, and Shaded & All Edges.‣ To change the part display:From the View menu, select Display and one of the four options:232• Shaded: displays part in shaded mode, edges are not outlined.• Wireframe: displays part in wire frame mode, only edges are outlined anddisplayed.Note: When viewing the display in wireframe, you can turn the silhouette edges ofthe model on or off. To do this, from the View menu, select Display. Check theSilhouette Edges option to turn them on. You can also use the tool totoggle them on and off.