Advanced Properties

The Advanced Properties page lets you customize all the document settings available in the registry.

You can define some of these settings in the Application Preferences or (Default) Document Properties pages.

The following topics are discussed:

Display Commands

The icons available at the top of the page let you configure how the properties list is displayed.

Icon Command Name Description
Categorized Lists settings by category.
Alphabetic Lists settings alphabetically.
Show Advanced Preferences Only Displays advanced settings only. To list settings available from other (Default) Document Properties pages, clear this option.

Properties

Advanced properties let you customize all the document settings available in the registry.

Category Property Description
N/A CGMMetafileName Specifies the name of the Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) metafile. For details, see CGM options in the Technical Illustration - Options page.
Primitive Offset (%)

Specifies the distance that disc and square primitives are shifted forward relative to other geometry actors to avoid color conflicts (Z-fighting). Specify the offset as a percentage of the disc radius and square half-diagonal length.

ShowCalloutExponentX1 Displays quantities of 1 as callout quantity exponents. For details, see the Quantity exponent callout property.
Input - Import IO3dxmlImportOnlyLeafGeometries Imports only leaf geometry from 3DXML files. To also import geometry on intermediate groups, clear this option. Typically, intermediate geometry are 3DLive navigational representations (NavReps), but they can also be real geometry.
IOCV4TranslateOnlyRootEntities Imports only geometry attached to the root in CATIA V4 files. To also import isolated geometry (not attached to the root), clear this option.
IOCV5ManageFtaMirroring

Mirrors annotations in Composer as in CATIA V5 FT&A captures.

Note: To retrieve mirroring information, you need to select this option in the Default Document Properties page before importing CATIA V5 data containing FT&A captures.
IOCV5ManageGeometryInCapture

Specifies that Composer obeys CATIA V5 capture visibility settings.

Note: This option affects CATIA V5 translations (imports) only, not when you open SMG files.

IOIdentifierType Specifies how Composer generates GUIDs for geometry actors:
  • 0 - Generates random, unique 32-byte IDs (for example: "805fb301f8f12ca6").

    Important: Not recommended. GUIDs are regenerated during each import, so geometry updates are not possible.

  • 1 - Uses geometry names. IDs remain the same during subsequent imports as long as the names in the CAD system do not change. Unless required for backward compatibility, use 2 for better performance.
  • 2 - Uses geometry names, encrypting names longer than 16 characters. GUIDs are always 16 characters or fewer, resulting in smaller Composer files and improved performance.
IOImportCurvesStayOnTop Specifies that curves, wires,wireframe and construction geometries (construction lines, construction circles and construction threads) are imported as staying on top.
IOImportGeometriesAsTriangleStripSet Rearranges tessellation triangles during import to reduce tessellation size in memory and improve render performance. This optimization applies to SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, and 3DXML formats only. For 3DXML only, clear this option to disable the optimization, which can improve load times. Clearing this option has no effect on SOLIDWORKS and CATIA files; the optimization is always performed.
IOImportPointsStayOnTop Specifies that points and construction points are imported as staying on top of the geometry.
IOSWImportCloneSamePartInstances When importing SOLIDWORKS files, all instances of a given part will be viewed and converted as clones.

Clear this option if you want independent geometries created for each instance of a given part. Note that this increases the file size.
IOSWImportGraphicData Imports default model tessellations (graphic representations) from SOLIDWORKS files instead of performing complete translations, thereby improving load times. Because tessellations are not recomputed, Refinement settings are ignored.
Important: This option might not work for all SOLIDWORKS files. Enable this option only when importing very large assemblies to improve load times, or when tessellation fails for SOLIDWORKS parts originating from non-SOLIDWORKS formats (such as IGES or STEP). For CATIA V5 files, see Import CATIA V5 graphic data on the (Default) Document Properties - Input page.
BOM table BOM.Filter Specifies the default state for Show Visible Actors Only on the BOM pane, 0=disabled and 1=enabled.