Details on the “Display” Area

Information about the section Display.

In this area you determine the quality in which your drawing is displayed and plotted on your screen.

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Tools tab ➤ View settings

Sections / Views in the LINEAR Solutions for Autodesk AutoCAD

You can make the settings for each view window separately. The settings mainly affect 3D components. Click on Apply settings Button “Apply setting” in the LINEAR Solutions for Autodesk AutoCAD Apply settings for the current viewport.

Color

Select whether to display the medium color or the material color. This setting mainly concerns 3D ducts, 3D pipes and 3D electrical routes (cable trays).

Medium color: Displays rectangular duct / round pipe in the color of the medium used to draw the pipe. The color of the media is set in the media table.

Material color: Displays rectangular duct / round duct in the material color, for example a grey tone for sheet steel.

Color of spool/section

If you have split an installation from Design 3D Pipe&Power into spools or sections, you can display the spool or section color On pipe axes or On component bodies.

Component view

Single-line: Switches the display of 3D air ducts, 3D pipes or 3D electrical routes from a 3D view to a 1-line view.

Also for built-in parts: When switching to the 1-line display of 3D pipes and ducts, the built-in parts are also taken into account and displayed symbolically.

Solid (simple): In the simplified display, the actuators of fire dampers, for example, are hidden.

Solid (detailed): In the detailed display, the retaining devices are shown for fire dampers, for example.

Emphasize body edges: Place a checkmark in the checkbox in front of Emphasize body edges if you want the outer contour to be highlighted.

Limit segments qty: The number of line segments generated for each polyline curve is determined. The higher the specified value, the greater the impact on the program's performance in displaying the line segments. Therefore, choose a low value when designing. The lowest setting is 8, the highest possible setting is 1024. If the Limit segments checkbox is unchecked, the segments are calculated indefinitely. This is suitable for high display quality, e.g. for plotting. This setting is saved in the drawing.

Single-line under ⌀ Determines whether 3D pipes or channels below a certain dimension are displayed in single-line display.