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View Attributes Window

Location:

     View tab > (Attributes)

The features on the View Attributes window enable you to control the display characteristics of a view. The features available will vary slightly depending on the view type.

    

View Type — Use to specify the type of view to be displayed. The View Type determines what is seen in a view. The following is a list of View Type options:

  • Machine — Displays a 3-D NC machine, when defined. The uncut stock can be seen, however, material removal does not occur in this view type.

  • Skin — A view displays without the machine components present. Everything under the “Attached Components” section in the Project Tree is display in Skin view.

↘️ Shortcut: You can quickly change the View Type by right-clicking in the view, and selecting from the displayed menu. See the Graphics Area Right Mouse Button Shortcut Menus section of Vericut Help for more information.

See Changing the View Type under Using the View Attributes window, also in the View tab section of Vericut Help for additional information.

Draw Mode — Controls how machine components are displayed. Options:

  • Shaded with Edges —

        

  • Shaded —

        

  • Hidden with Edges Removed —

        

  • Hidden Edges Shown —**

        

  • Wireframe —

        

  • Polygon Wireframe —

        

↘️ Shortcut: You can quickly change the Draw Mode by right-clicking in the view, and selecting from the displayed menu.

See Changing How a Machine is Displayed section of Vericut Help for additional information.

Background Style — Controls the background seen in a view. Colors for backgrounds are defined via the Configuration tab > Colors function. Options:

  • Flat — Monochromatic.

        

  • Shaded — Light-to-dark shading.

        

↘️ Shortcut: You can quickly change the Background Style by right-clicking in the view, and selecting Background Style from the displayed menu. See the Graphics Area Right Mouse Button Shortcut Menus, in the Getting Started section of Vericut Help for more information.

See Changing the View Background section of Vericut Help for additional information.

Spun Tool Display — Choose between On and Off options to determine if tools will indicate when they can spin.

Spun Part Display — Choose between On and Off options to if other parts will indicate when they can spin.

Ambient Occlusion — When active, approximates how bright light should be shining on specific surface parts.

View Attach Component — Attaches the view point and line of sight for a Machine view to the selected component. For a Machine view, the view is attached to the machine's Base component by default, thus the machine base appears stationary while its axes move. For a Profile view, the view is attached to the Stock component by default.

Whatever component is selected as the attach component becomes stationary in the simulation, while all other objects are simulated as moving relative to that component.

↘️ Shortcut: You can quickly change the component the view is attached to by right-clicking in the view, and selecting Attach Component in the menu that displays. See the Graphics Area Right Mouse Button Shortcut Menus, in the Getting Started section of Vericut Help for more information.

Translucency — Controls when the stock model is displayed as translucent (can be seen through).

Translucency can only be applied to an active workpiece view. Once the attribute is set, more than one workpiece view can be displayed "translucent". It is only valid with a "refined display".

All Vericut functions can be used with a translucent view. However, when the model is rotated, sectioned, or zoomed, the resulting view is a solid. Use (Refine Display) to re-display the translucent view. Almost any model feature can be seen using combinations of Translucency, Reverse, Section, and Zoom.

📝 NOTES:

  1. Translucent cutters may intermittently disappear while cutting a translucent model. Display the tool as a solid to eliminate this "flashing" affect.

  2. You cannot set the stock to translucent while using a section view. When you set the stock to translucent, the section is restored.

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Using the View Attributes window

Changing the View Type

Vericut enables you to see machining in a variety of ways. Each view is capable of displaying the workpiece being machined, the NC machine, or a "combined" view of the workpiece being cut on the NC machine.

To change the view type to display a workpiece, machine, or combined view:

  1. Click in the view that you want to change the view type so that it becomes the "active" view.

  2. Use one of the following methods to change the type of view:

  3. In the View Attributes window (View tab > Attributes in the Vericut main menu ribbon), select the desired view type from the View Type pull-down list.

  4. Right click in the view and select View Type > type from the menu that displays.

  5. Go to the View tab > Display group and select Workpiece or Mach Comp from the command buttons there.

Changing How a Machine is Displayed

Vericut can display a 3-D machine in many ways: shaded solids, wireframe, hidden lines, etc. How the machine is displayed has no effect on the accuracy of the simulation or collision checking. However, the way that it is displayed can affect performance. The effect varies, depending on your hardware configuration, and complexity of the machine/workpiece.

To change how the machine is displayed:

  1. Click in the Machine view containing the machine display that is to be changed so that it becomes the "active" view.
  2. In the Vericut main menu ribbon, click on View tab > Attributes to display the View Attributes window.

  3. In the View Attributes window, choose the desired Draw Mode for the machine from the pull-down list.

  4. Press Apply to apply the change and leave the View Attributes window open for additional work or OK to apply the change and close the View Attribute window.

Changing the View Background

Vericut offers several background types for views. The choice of background has no effect on simulation speed or accuracy, but can make the simulation appear more attractive or realistic.

To change the background in a view:

Choose one of the following methods to change the view background:

Use the View Attributes menu

  1. Click in the view that you want to change the background style so that it becomes the "active" view.

  2. In the Vericut main menu ribbon, click on View tab > Attributes to display the View Attributes window.

  3. In the View Attributes window, select the desired background style from Background Style pull-down list.

Use a view right mouse button menu

  1. Right click in the view that you want to change the background style.

  2. In the menu that displays, select Background Style > Flat or Shaded. The styles available will vary depending on the View Type. This feature is not available for Profile Views.

💡 Tip: Colors for backgrounds are defined in the Color window: Define tab (Configuration tab > Colors). See Color window section of Vericut Help for additional information.