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ICAM Virtual Machine ® Version 19.0 Virtual Machine Reference, Menu Bar
Simulation»Options (Ctrl Alt O)
spective vs. orthogonal). When this check box is cleared, the camera jumps directly to
each new viewpoint.
� The Default to Camera mode check box sets the default
functionality of the left-mouse button. When set, the default
is “Camera” mode; meaning that the left-mouse button
controls the orientation of the camera, and the Ctrl button must be held down to select
objects. When this check box is clear, the default is “Selection” mode; meaning that the
left-mouse button is used to select objects, and the Ctrl button must be held down to orient
the camera. The Camera and Selection mode defaults can also be set using the camera
and pointer buttons shown circled above on the VM Mode toolbar.
� The Enable CL CAMERA check box when set allows the simulation window viewpoint
to be changed under post processor or part program control, using the CAMERA post
processor command. Clear this check box to ignore CAMERA post processor command
settings.
� The Show collision interference check box when set will dynamically show, as a yellow
line, the intersection between colliding objects. Computing the intersection takes considerably
more CPU than simply detecting if a collision has occurred. You can disable the
viewing of collision interference if you encounter unacceptable performance with colliding
objects on complex scenes.
� The Limit Timeline memory check box and associated input field can be used to avoid
out-of-memory conditions on very large programs. If set, the Timeline window will only
use the specified amount of memory to track the events of the model. Once the limit has
been reached, events earlier in the program will no longer be accessible via the Timeline
window.
� The Gouge tolerance setting specifies an acceptable collision tolerance between the cutting
portion of the tool and the part model. Some undercutting is to be expected, which is
normally a function of the manufacturing tolerance used by the CAM system. When the
Material Removal Simulation (MRS) license option is enabled, the gouge tolerance also
defines the cutting tolerance to use when computing the in-process stock. The actual cutting
tolerance used is a function of the gouge tolerance and tool usage (see tool usage description
on page 82)
� The Collision tolerance setting specifies the accuracy in space of the beginning and end
of a collision event between two objects.
� The Faceting tolerance setting specifies the accuracy of mesh objects generated at
runtime from swept profiles. A tighter tolerance produces more accurate results, but at
the cost of increased memory and CPU. One of the key uses of the faceting tolerance is in
the generation of 3D tooling given either a 2D profile or tool definition parameters (i.e.,
diameter, corner radius, length…).
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