Customizing

A certain number of settings is available to let you customize your Part Design workbench.

The customization you perform is stored in permanent setting files, meaning that these settings are not lost when you end your session.

To access them, proceed as follows:

1. Select Tools > Options.
   The Options dialog box displays.

2. From the Infrastructure category, select the Part Infrastructure sub-category in the left-hand box.
   The General, Display and Part Document tabs appear.

   The General tab provides options dealing with:

   External References Update Delete Operation Replace

   The Display tab provides options dealing with:

   Display in Specification Tree Display in Geometry Area Checking Operation When Renaming

   The Part Document tab provides options dealing with:

   When Creating Parts Hybrid Design Color on Import Management Any modifications made to the Part Infrastructure settings can now be recorded in a Visual Basic file using Tools>Macro>Start Recording.  See Recording, Running and Editing Macros in the Infrastructure User's Guide for details about running macros. Additionally, you can launch a dedicated Visual Basic macro in order to set parameters for Part infrastructure.

3. To access settings about annotations, select the 3D Annotations Infrastructure category.

Click the tabs of interest.

• Tolerancing
• Display
• Manipulators
• Annotation
• View/Annotation Plane

4. To access settings about thread / tap, select Tools > Options > Mechanical Design > Part Design category.
   
   The Part Design tab provides following check boxes for thread/tap and technological results.

   Thread/Tap: Display symbolic representation: shows a texture representing the thread/tap on the face of the part. By default, this check box is cleared. Main diameter used as reference for standard management: Enables the main diameter mode in the part. By default, this check box is selected. Technological Results: Display Technological Result data as Knowledge Parameters: Retrieves the technological result data as knowledge parameters. By default, this check box is cleared.

5. Change these options according to your needs.

6. Click OK when done to validate your settings.