Alibre Design

Chapter 9 - Working with PartsNote: To measure to or from the center of cylindrical shapes, select the associated cylindricalface.6. Select the Projected on Plane option to project the measurement to another plane. Select theProjection plane.A measurement preview line is displayed in the work area and measurement informationis displayed in the Measurements area in the dialog box.7. New measurements can be taken without closing the dialog box. Simply adjust the Type andMode 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 parts are displayed.The default display type is Shaded. Other display options include Wireframe, Shaded & VisibleEdges, and Shaded & All Edges.‣ To change the display:From the View menu, select Display and one of the four options:• Shaded: displays parts in shaded mode, edges are not outlined.• Wireframe: displays parts in wireframe mode, only edges are outlined and displayed.Note: When viewing the display in wireframe, you can turn the silhouette edges of the modelon or off. To do this, from the View menu, select Display. Check the Silhouette Edges optionto turn them on. You can also use the tool to toggle them on and off.214