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|Name=Std SetAppearance
|MenuLocation=View → Appearance...
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|MenuLocation={{StdMenu|[[Std View Menu|View]]}} → Appearance…
|Workbenches=All
|Workbenches=All
|Shortcut=Ctrl + D
|Shortcut={{KEY|Ctrl}}+{{KEY|D}}
|SeeAlso=[[Std SetColors|Set Colors]]
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==Description== <!--T:3-->
==Description==


The '''Std SetAppearance''' command shows the Display properties [[Task_panel|task panel]] for selected objects.
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This tool makes it possible to define the appearance (viewing mode, material and display) of selected objects.


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==Usage== <!--T:6-->
[[Image:Std_SetAppearance_taskpanel.png]]
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{{Caption|The Display properties task panel}}


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==Usage==
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# Select at least one object.
# In the Model tree or in the 3D view, right-click and select {{MenuCommand|[[File:Std Tool1.svg|16px]] Appearance}} in the contextual menu.
# Define properties; see [[#Options|Options]].
# Press {{button|Close}}.


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# Select one or more objects.
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# There are several ways to invoke the command:
#* Select the {{MenuCommand|View → [[Image:Std_SetAppearance.svg|16px]] Appearance...}} option from the menu.
#* Select the {{MenuCommand|[[Image:Std_SetAppearance.svg|16px]] Appearance...}} option from the [[Tree_view|Tree view]] context menu or [[3D_view|3D view]] context menu.
#* Use the keyboard shortcut: {{KEY|Ctrl}}+{{KEY|D}}.
# Change one or more display properties. See [[#Options|Options]]. The objects will update immediately.
# Optionally select one or more new objects whose display properties you want to change.
# Press the {{Button|Close}} button to close the task panel and finish the command.


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==Options==
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Launching the tool opens a separate '''Display properties''' window.


The following properties are available:
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===Viewing mode=== <!--T:10-->


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===Viewing mode===
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Sets the draw style. The drop down menu provides 4 choices:
* '''Flat Lines:''' faces are shaded and edges are visible.
* '''Shaded:''' faces are shaded and edges are hidden.
* '''Wireframe:''' only edges are shown, faces are hidden and the model appears completely transparent.
* '''Points:''' only vertices are shown.


* Todo.
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These can also be set globally from the {{MenuCommand|{{StdMenu|[[Std View Menu|View]]}} → Draw style}} menu or from the view toolbar, or per object from the View tab.


===Material=== <!--T:13-->
===Material===


* Todo.
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* A drop down menu lists ready-made materials (default, aluminum, brass, bronze...).
* The {{button|...}} button opens a '''Material properties''' dialog to edit ambient, diffuse, emissive and specular colors, as well as shininess.
* '''Color plot:''' unsupported at this time.
* '''Shape color:''' sets the color of faces. Press the button to open a color picker.
* '''Line color:''' sets the color of edges. Press the button to open a color picker.


===Display=== <!--T:15-->
===Display===


* Todo.
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* '''Point size:''' sets the vertex size in pixels.
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* '''Transparency:''' sets the transparency of faces, in percentage. 0 is solid (opaque) and 100 is fully transparent.
|[[Std_RandomColor|Std RandomColor]]
* '''Line transparency:''' unsupported at this time.
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Revision as of 17:22, 7 April 2020

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Std SetAppearance

Menu location
View → Appearance...
Workbenches
All
Default shortcut
Ctrl+D
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Std SetAppearance command shows the Display properties task panel for selected objects.

The Display properties task panel

Usage

  1. Select one or more objects.
  2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Select the View → Appearance... option from the menu.
    • Select the Appearance... option from the Tree view context menu or 3D view context menu.
    • Use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+D.
  3. Change one or more display properties. See Options. The objects will update immediately.
  4. Optionally select one or more new objects whose display properties you want to change.
  5. Press the Close button to close the task panel and finish the command.

Options

The following properties are available:

Viewing mode

  • Todo.

Material

  • Todo.

Display

  • Todo.
Std Base
User documentation
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