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Virtual Machine Reference, Menu Bar
Simulation»Options (Ctrl Alt O)
� Tool path mode selects the extent of the trace. The entire program can be traced or the
trace can be restricted to motions that occurred within a specified time.
� Tool path resolution defines the tolerance to use when approximating curved motions by
short straight-line segments. The Max steps/motion setting limits the number of segments
that will be draw for any one motion.
World Background Color Options
The world background color setting sets the underlying color of the simulation window.
� The Use gradient check box can be selected to use a two-color smooth gradient background.
� The Top color defines the background color if gradient fill is not selected, or the color to
use at the upper edge of the simulation window when using a gradient fill background.
� The Bottom color defines the color to use at the lower edge of the simulation window
when using a gradient fill background.
Backface Options
The back-face setting controls how the backside of a surface should be shown. VM uses a mesh
of triangles to represent objects. Each triangle has a concept of in and out, which is used in the
drawing process to correctly color and shade the triangle. When an object is viewed from the
inside looking out, VM provides the following choices on how the backside surface should be
displayed:
� Wireframe: An object‟s surface will be drawn in wire-frame mode when viewed from
the inside. This setting may result in faint lines appearing at the edges of objects. Some
graphic cards exhibit poor performance in this mode.
� Solid: An object‟s surface will be drawn as a solid when viewed from the inside (this setting
is only valid when not in Simulation»Show»Wireframe mode).
� Hidden: An object‟s surface will be hidden when viewed from the inside.
Miscellaneous Options
The Miscellaneous options define various other settings as follows:
� The Use 3D construction positioning check box controls the operation of the left-mouse
button when constructing objects. When set, it takes two mouse clicks to define a point in
space: the first defines the XY location and the second defines the Z. When the 3D check
box is clear, the first mouse-click defines the XYZ coordinates.
� The Default to Look-Around camera check box sets the default mode of camera rotation.
When set, camera rotation by default rotates around the current camera position
(like turning your head) and the Shift key must be pressed to rotate around a point in
space in front of the camera. When this check box is clear, the default is the reverse. The
camera will rotate around a point in space in front of the camera, and the Shift key will
cause the camera to rotate around the current position.
� The Use camera animation check box when set causes the camera to smoothly interpolate
between any two user-defined viewpoints sharing the same projection type (i.e., per-
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