UTILITY SETUP FEEDBACK Type Control

                      

FEMGEN Command only.

This command controls the level of immediate feedback provided when using FEMGEN to generate geometric parts or to tabulate (inquire) information on geometric parts or when nodes are being merged. Note that any feedback to the graphics area will be temporary and will be lost the next time the picture is redrawn.

Type = The type of operation for which feedback controls are to be set. GEOMETRY for feedback when geometric parts are being generated. TABULATE for feedback when tabulating geometric parts. MESHING for feedback when nodes are being merged.

Control Comments

DIALOGUE ON/OFF Switches on/off text feedback to the dialogue area. The default is on.

LABELS ON/OFF Switches on/off the display of labels for geometric parts. The default is on.

SYMBOLS ON/OFF Switches on/off the display of symbols for geometric parts. The default is on. (See note 1).

GRAPHICS ON/OFF Switches on/off the over drawing of point

SHRINK control symbols, lines, surfaces and bodies. The default is on. A shrink factor to be applied to a line, surface or body may be specified. (See note 2).

COLOUR POINTS colour Sets the colour to be used for the display of

LINES colour labels, symbols and graphics feedback for the

SURFACES colour specified type of geometric part. (See note 3). BODIES colour

MERGE DIALOGUE ON/OFF Switches on/off feedback of node merging

SYMBOL ON/OFF information to the dialogue area. The default is on. Also, switches on/off the the use of symbols to mark nodes as they are merged. The default is on.

Notes:

1.

Feedback for points and lines
For points and lines, the symbolic representation of the part is the same as the graphical representation of the part, viz: for points a diamond symbol at the point is drawn and for lines the line itself is drawn. Thus to completely suppress the display of points and lines both the .....SYMBOLS and .....GRAPHICS feedback controls need to be off.

2.

The GRAPHICS feedback control
This control, when switched ON, will cause a point symbol or a line, surface or body to be over drawn. A shrink factor to be applied to the line, surface or body (but not to the point symbol) may be specified with the ..... GRAPHICS SHRINK factor command and may be turned off with the ...... GRAPHICS SHRINK OFF command. The colour used for drawing a surface or body will be as specified in the ...... COLOUR SURFACES or BODIES command.

3.

The COLOUR control of feedback
All labels, symbols and graphics feedback for the specified type of geometric part will be displayed in the requested colour. The colours available are WHITE, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE and VIOLET. The default is that feedback for points is yellow, for lines green, for surfaces blue and for bodies red.

Examples:

1.

UTILITY SETUP FEEDBACK GEOMETRY COLOUR SURFACES WHITE

Specifies that during geometry generation, all labels, symbols and graphics feedback for surfaces will be displayed in white.

2.

UTILITY SETUP FEEDBACK GEOMETRY GRAPHICS ON

Switches on graphical feedback for geometry generation. Surfaces and bodies will be drawn around.

3.

UTILITY SETUP FEEDBACK GEOMETRY GRAPHICS SHRINK .8

Specifies that during geometry generation, surfaces and bodies will be drawn shrunken by a factor of 0.8.

4.

UTILITY SETUP FEEDBACK TABULATE LABELS OFF

Switches off the display of part labels when tabulating geometric parts data.

See also the following commands

'GEOMETRY'
'UTILITY TABULATE GEOMETRY'