3D Modeling Tab (Options Dialog Box)

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Sets options for working with solids and surfaces in 3D.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

3D Crosshairs

: Controls settings for the display style of the crosshairs pointer in 3D operations.
Show Z Axis in Crosshairs: Controls whether the Z axis is displayed by the crosshairs pointer.
Label Axes in Standard Crosshairs: Controls whether axis labels are displayed with the crosshairs pointer.
Show Labels for Dynamic UCS: Displays axis labels on the crosshairs pointer for the dynamic UCS even when the axis labels are turned off in the Label Axes in Standard Crosshairs box.

Crosshair Labels

Choose the labels to display with the crosshairs pointer.

Use X, Y, Z: Labels the axes X, Y, and Z.
Use N, E, z: Labels the axes with abbreviations for North, East, and Z elevation.
Use Custom Labels: Labels the axes with characters that you specify.

Display ViewCube or UCS Icon

Controls the display of the ViewCube and the UCS icon.

In 2D Model Space: Controls the display of ViewCube and the UCS icon in 2D model space.
In 3D Model Space: Controls the display of the ViewCube and UCS icon in 3D model space.

Dynamic Input

Controls the display of dynamic input fields for coordinate entry.

Show Z Field for Pointer Input: Displays a field for the Z coordinate when using dynamic input.

3D Objects

Controls settings for the display of 3D solids, surfaces, and meshes.

Visual Style While Creating 3D Objects: Sets the visual style that is displayed while creating 3D solid and mesh primitives and extruded solids, surfaces, and meshes.

(DRAGVS system variable).
Deletion Control While Creating 3D Objects: Controls whether geometry used to create 3D objects is retained or deleted.

(DELOBJ system variable).
Isolines on Surfaces and Meshes: Sets the surface density for PEDIT Smooth in the M direction and the U isolines density on surface objects.

(SURFU system variable).

Sets the surface density for PEDIT Smooth in the N direction and the V isolines density on surface objects.

(SURFV system variable).
Tessellation: Opens the Mesh Tessellation Options dialog box, where you can specify settings to be applied to objects that are converted to mesh objects with MESHSMOOTH.
Mesh Primitives: Opens the Mesh Primitive Options dialog box, where you can specify settings to be applied to new mesh primitive objects.
Surface Analysis: Opens the Analysis Options dialog box, where you can set options for zebra, curvature, and draft analysis.

3D Navigation

: Sets walk, fly, and animation options for displaying 3D models.
Reverse Mouse Wheel Zoom: Toggles the direction of transparent zoom operations when you scroll the middle mouse wheel.

(ZOOMWHEEL system variable)
Walk and Fly: Displays the Walk and Fly Settings dialog box.
Animation: Displays the Animation Settings dialog box.
ViewCube: Displays the ViewCube Settings dialog box.
SteeringWheel: Displays the SteeringWheel Settings dialog box.