Description
The Std SetAppearance command sets the display properties of selected objects.
The Display Properties task panel
Usage
- Select one or more objects.
- 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.
- The Display Properties task panel opens. See Options.
- Change one or more properties.
- The objects are updated immediately.
- Optionally select one or more new objects whose properties you want to change.
- Press the Close button to close the task panel and finish the command.
Options
Viewing Mode
- Select a VistaDisplay Mode from the dropdown list. The available options are:
Flat Lines, Shaded (not for Draft objects), Wireframe and Points. See the Std DrawStyle command for more information.
Material
- Select a material from the list.
- Optionally select a category from the dropdown list below the material list to filter the materials. The available categories are
Basic appearance, Texture appearance (such materials are not yet available) and All materials.
- Optionally press the Launch Editor button to launch the Material Editor.
- Custom appearance: press the Appearance button to override the material appearance. The Material Properties dialog box opens. See Part ColorPerFace.
- Color plot: unsupported at this time.
- Line color: sets the VistaLine Color property. Press the button to open the Select color dialog box.
- Point color: sets the VistaPoint Color property. Press the button to open the Select color dialog box.
Display
- Point size: sets the VistaPoint Size property (in pixels).
- Line width: sets the VistaLine Width property (in pixels).
- Transparency: sets the VistaTransparency property (in percentage). 0% is opaque, 100% is fully transparent.
- Line transparency: unsupported at this time.
Notes
Std Base
- File: New Document, Open, Open Recent, Close, Close All, Save, Save As, Save Copy, Save All, Revert, Import, Export,Merge Document, Document Information, Print, Print Preview, Export PDF, Exit
- Edit: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Duplicate Object, Recompute, Box Selection, Box Element Selection, Select All, Delete, Send to Python Console, Placement, Transform, Align To, Toggle Edit Mode, Properties, Edit Mode, Preferences
- View:
- Miscellaneous: New 3D View, Orthographic View, Perspective View, Fullscreen, Bounding Box, Toggle Axis Cross, Clipping View, Texture Mapping, Toggle Navigation/Edit Mode, Material, Appearance, Random Color, Appearance per Face, Toggle Transparency, Workbench, Status Bar
- Standard Views: Fit All, Fit Selection, Align to Selection, Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, Home, Front, Top, Right, Rear, Bottom, Left, Rotate Left, Rotate Right, Store Working View, Recall Working View
- Freeze Display: Save Views, Load Views, Freeze View, Clear Views
- Draw Style: As Is, Points, Wireframe, Hidden Line, No Shading, Shaded, Flat Lines
- Stereo: Stereo Red/Cyan, Stereo Quad Buffer, Stereo Interleaved Rows, Stereo Interleaved Columns, Stereo Off, Issue Camera Position
- Zoom: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Box Zoom
- Document Window: Docked, Undocked, Fullscreen
- Visibility: Toggle Visibility, Show Selection, Hide Selection, Select Visible Objects, Toggle All Objects, Show All Objects, Hide All Objects, Toggle Selectability
- Toolbars: File, Edit, Clipboard, Workbench, Macro, View, Individual Views, Structure, Help, Lock Toolbars
- Panels: Tree View, Property View, Model, Selection View, Python Console, Report View, Tasks, DAG View
- Overlay Docked Panel: Toggle Overlay for All Panels, Toggle Transparent Panels, Toggle Overlay, Toggle Transparent Mode, Bypass Mouse Events in Overlay Panels, Toggle Left, Toggle Right, Toggle Top, Toggle Bottom
- Link Navigation: Go to Linked Object, Go to Deepest Linked Object, Select All Links
- Tree View Actions: Sync View, Sync Selection, Sync Placement, Preselection, Record Selection, Single Document, Multi Document, Collapse/Expand, Initiate Dragging, Go to Selection, Selection Back, Selection Forward
- Tools: Addon Manager, Measure, Clarify Selection, Quick Measure, Units Converter, Load Image, Save Image, Text Document, View Turntable, Scene Inspector, Dependency Graph, Export Dependency Graph, Document Utility, Edit Parameters, Customize
- Help: What's This, Start Page, Users Documentation, FreeCAD Forum, Report an Issue, Restart in Safe Mode, Developers Handbook, Python Modules Documentation, FreeCAD Website, Donate to FreeCAD, About FreeCAD
- Additional:
- Miscellaneous: New Part, New Group, Variable Set, Link Group, Select All Instances, Toggle Freeze
- Datums: Coordinate System, Datum Plane, Datum Line, Datum Point
- Link Actions: Make Link, Make Sub-Link, Replace With Link, Unlink, Import Link, Import All Links
- Expression Actions: Copy Selected, Copy Active Document, Copy All Documents, Paste
- Selection Filter: Vertex Selection, Edge Selection, Face Selection, No Selection Filters
User documentation
- Getting started
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