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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e37 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Categorized</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e39 ">Lists settings by category.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e37 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Alphabetic</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e39 ">Lists settings alphabetically.</td>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e37 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Show Advanced Preferences Only</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e39 ">Displays advanced settings only. To list settings available from other (Default) Document Properties pages, clear this option.
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<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" id="d4829e90">Preference
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">CreateAsChildIfPossible</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">With fully-shattered files, places entities under the root instead of as children of the selected part to avoid breaking the fully-shattered structure. Typically used for CSZ, lights, and grids.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">CrossHighlighting</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Enables pre-selection and selection cross highlighting of product manufacturing information (
PMI) and their associated geometry.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOSaveSmgGeomAs</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">For internal use only.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__PropertiesValueNbOfDecimal">
PropertiesValueNbOfDecimal</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies the number of decimal places displayed for floating-point values, including meta-properties of type 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Float</span>, in the Properties pane. Valid values are 0 to 6.
<p xmlns="">Notes:
		</p>
<ul><li>Floating-point properties with slider controls always display 2 decimal places and are not affected by this option.</li>
<li>To specify the number of decimals for floating-point values displayed in the viewport, set 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Number of decimals</span> on the 
<span xmlns="" class="wintitle">[Default] Document Properties - Units</span> page.
See <a xmlns="" href="cps-r-DocumentProperties-Units.htm#cps-r-DocumentProperties-Units" title="The Units page lets you specify 3D measurement units.">Units</a>.</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">ShowDiggerCP</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Displays the Digger tool cutting plane. To show the cross section without the plane, clear this option.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">SimplificationMethod</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">For internal use only.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">SplitVideoFiles</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Creates multiple video files, each no larger than 2 gigabytes (GB). An 
<span xmlns="" class="filepath">.avi</span> file cannot exceed 2 GB. When this option is cleared, long animations might exceed 2 GB, resulting in no file being created.
<p xmlns="">Note:
		 Because the application does not know what video codec you are using and at what compression level, the 2 GB limit is computed using raw video (before compression). Enabling this option when generating compressed video might produce sub-parts smaller than 2G (after compression).
</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">General</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">AdvancedCurvesDetection</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Increases the precision of radius measurements for some models and improves detection for models with very high tessellation (low chordal error). This option negatively impacts performance, so enable it only when you have problems.
</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__DisableMatchingProperties">
DisableMatchingProperties</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Defines properties as read-only to prevent value modification in the Properties pane. Specify a regular expression (regexp) that matches the properties to disable. For example, to prevent changes to CAD metadata and geometry actor names, specify:
<span xmlns="" class="filepath">(Meta\..*)|(Actor\.Name)</span>This regexp matches all properties starting with 
<span xmlns="" class="filepath">Meta.</span> and the property 
<span xmlns="" class="filepath">Actor.Name</span>.
For more information about regular expressions, see <cite>Composer User's Guide: Reference Information: Regular Expression Syntax</cite>.<p xmlns="">Note:
		 Disabling 
<span class="filepath">Actor.Name</span> also disables renaming of collaborative actors in the Properties pane. To rename collaborative actors, visit the Collaboration pane, right-click the actor name and click 
<span class="uicontrol">Rename Actor (F2)</span>.
</p>
<table xmlns="" class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Tip:
				</span> To get internal property names (for example, 
<span class="filepath">Actor.Name</span>), use 
<span class="uicontrol">Insert Property</span> on the Text pane, or use 
<span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">File</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Properties <img src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSFileProperties.png"/></span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol"> Show XML  <img src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSFileShowXml.png"/></span></span>.
Administrators can create the following string registry value to disable properties for all users on the computer:
<span class="filepath">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[</span><span class="filepath">Wow6432Node\]</span><span class="filepath">Dassault Systemes\Composer\Preferences\DisableMatchingProperties</span>This 
<span class="filepath">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE</span> value overrides all user-specified values.
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__SupporEmailDump">
SupportEmailDump</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Prepares and email message with dump and log file attachments when a Composer application crashes. You can then provide a recipient list and send the email.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="15" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Input</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">ForceNetGUIDResolutionAtLoading</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">For internal use only.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOCV5FullyShatteredInCacheMode</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Lets memory be saved during conversion in fully-shattered mode. However, some CATProducts might not be converted.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOCheckTesselation</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Select this option if converting a native file yields bad results, specifically a point or triangle of the mesh outside the bounding box of the model.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOErrorLevel</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies that the Composer Converter (and Sync when calling Composer Converter) creates output files for successful translations only. To create output files following non-fatal errors, such as when a resource is not found, clear this option.
For details about Composer Converter return values, see the 
<cite>Composer Programming Guide</cite>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOGenerateUnicodeOBJ</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">When saving to Alias Wavefront (.obj) format, generates files with Unicode encoding. To generate Wavefront files with ANSI encoding (for use by applications that do not support Unicode), clear this option. 
<p xmlns="">Note:
		 Any Unicode characters in geometry names will be lost.
</p>
</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOPreview</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Controls generating a preview thumbnail of the opened file:
<ul><li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">0</span>: No preview</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">1</span>: Preview generated on hardware (to avoid graphics card issues)</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">2</span>: Preview generated using the graphics accelerator</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOProERemoveRevisionNumber</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Removes revision numbers from the file names generated from a Pro/ENGINEER file conversion.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 ">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOSolidWorksTimeOut</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies the time, in seconds, to wait before starting another conversion from SOLIDWORKS. The default is 120. Increase this time for large assemblies in fully-shattered mode.
<p xmlns="">Note:
		 This parameter is not available in the user interface. It must be set as a registry setting.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOU3dQualityOutput</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies U3D output quality:
<ul><li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">0</span>: Fast export but larger file size</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">1</span>: Slow export but smaller file size</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">2</span>: Compromise between the two
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOVRMLExportNaming</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">For internal use only.
</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOVRMLExportWriteNormals</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">When saving as VRML, writes normal directions for all faces to VRML (
<span xmlns="" class="filepath">.wrl</span>) files. To omit normals, which produces smaller files, clear this option.
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOVRMLExportZIP</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">When saving as VRML, creates compressed VRML (<span xmlns="" class="filepath">.wrl</span>) files, which are typically much smaller than uncompressed files. Not all applications can read compressed VRML.
<p xmlns="">Note:
		 Both compressed and uncompressed VRML files have 
<span class="filepath">.wrl</span> file extensions.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">IOWriteStatisticsFile</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">For internal use only.
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">VertexWelding</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies the distance between vertices as a percentage of an actor's bounding box for which Composer considers vertices to be the same and merges them. Use this option when there are extra lines in outlines (including vector output) caused by small holes in the mesh.
For example, specify 0.01 to merge vertices closer than 0.01% of the bounding box. To disable this option, specify 0.
<table xmlns="" class="Remark" id="table132"><tr><td class="Remark"><span class="run-in">Important:
				</span><ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><li>A change to the outline calculation algorithm in V6R2011 improved vectorization in most cases but could produce extra lines for mesh with small holes. Specify a value of 0.01 to restore pre-V6R2011 outline calculation.</li>
<li>Vertex welding is performed at file load time (before outline calculation) and is persistent. When you save your document, the geometry is different from the original. It is recommended that you use this option only when there is a problem with outlines.
</li>
</ul>
</td></tr></table>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="3" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Viewport</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">AnnotationRelativeComposer
</span><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">AnnotationRelativePlayer</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Enables the 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Size in paper space</span> text property by default for new annotation and measurement actors created from Composer (<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">AnnotationRelativeComposer</span>) and Composer Player (<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">AnnotationRelativePlayer</span>). 
</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">CurvesHighLighting</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Highlights actor curves when using commands requiring curve detection. Used primarily for debugging.
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">PickingDepth</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Increase this value if you have 3D selection issues. A larger value increases selection accuracy but affects performance.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="6" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Hardware</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__HardwareSupportAdvanced">

HardwareSupport.Advanced</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Same as 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Advanced</span> on the 
<span xmlns="" class="wintitle">Hardware Support</span> page.
See <a xmlns="" href="cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport.htm#cps-c-cu-ApplicationPreferences-HardwareSupport" title="The Hardware Support page lets you modify graphics card settings.">Hardware Support</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">HardwareSupport.DedicatedDepthBuffer</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Allows Composer to create its own depth buffer. Enable this option if ambient occlusion or silhouettes render poorly. Choose a format that is supported by your graphics card.
<ul><li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Disabled</span> - Uses your graphics card's built-in depth buffer. Choose this option unless you have rendering problems.
</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">RGBA8</span> - Best choice for some older cards.</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">R32F</span> - Best choice for most newer cards.
</li>
<li>
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">RGBA32F</span> - Best choice for newer cards that do not support 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">R32F</span>.
</li>
</ul>
<p xmlns="">Note:
		 If the viewport becomes black, try another setting.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">HardwareSupport.HighLightEffect</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 "><p xmlns="">Displays bright green lines around highlighted actors.
</p></td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">HardwareSupport.MirrorBufferSize</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies the size of the mirror buffer. Reducing the value can improve performance but might result in mirror reflection pixelation.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">HardwareSupport.ShadowBufferSize</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies the size of the shadow-map buffer. Reducing the value can improve performance but might result in decreased shadow quality and artifacts.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">HardwareSupport.SilhouetteShader</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 "><p xmlns="">Uses the OpenGL silhouette shader to provide fast silhouette rendering. To use Composer's internal silhouette rendering technique, clear this option.

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<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" id="d4829e506">Disabled</th>
<th class="cellrowborder" valign="top" id="d4829e508">Enabled</th>
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<tbody xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e504 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Speed
</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e506 ">Slower (depends on model size)
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e508 ">Faster</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e504 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Line color and width
</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e506 ">Obeys outline settings
</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e508 ">Black, fixed width</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e504 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Accuracy
</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e506 ">Accurate (no hardware dependencies)</td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e508 ">Possible unwanted artifacts or hatch lines with older graphics cards, such as NVidia Quadro series 5 (FX [x]5xx) and older (for example: FX 1400, FX 3450, FX 4000, FX 1500, FX 4500)</td>
</tr>
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<p>Note:
		 Due to a technical limitation, the OpenGL silhouette shader draws silhouette lines for 3D panels.
</p>
</p></td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="2" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Views</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Cache.ViewsImages</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Generates an image file for each created view.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">ViewScale</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Specifies the scale of view thumbnails.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Interactive clash detection</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">ClashInteractiveRatio</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">For internal use only.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="4" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Technical Illustration</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__ExternalVectorViewWindow">ExternalVectorViewWindow</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Displays SVG previews (from the Technical Illustration workshop) in an Internet Explorer window. To display SVG previews in the Composer viewport vector pane, clear this option. 
<p xmlns="">Note:
		 Because a 64-bit version of Adobe® SVG Viewer is not available, 
<span class="uicontrol">ExternalVectorViewWindow</span> is ignored on 64-bit operating systems. SVG previews are always displayed in Internet Explorer.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">SvgOutput.ShowPaper</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Includes only the portion of the viewport scene within the paper space in SVG images. To include the entire scene, clear this option.
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__SvgOutputShowTooltip">

SvgOutput.ShowTooltip</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 "><p xmlns="">Includes hotspot tooltips in SVG output. To suppress tooltips, clear this option.
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">VectoShowEllipsesInBlue</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Displays ellipses generated by the 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Ellipses generation</span> option (Technical Illustration workshop) in blue. Useful for debugging.</td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" rowspan="2" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Geometry</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">CuttingLinesPrecision</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 "><p xmlns="">Specifies the geometry simplification factor which manages how cutting lines are displayed. By default, this simplification factor is 1/2500 of the cutting line width.</p></td>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__MergeKeepDraws">
MergeKeepDraws</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Improves performance of geometrical operations on geometry resulting from the 
<span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Merge Geometry</span> <img xmlns="" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSGeometryMerge.png"/> command at the cost of slower rendering. This option affects internal details of the merge operation; the result as shown in the Assembly pane is the same.
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e88 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol">Debug information</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e90 "><span xmlns="" class="uicontrol" id="c-Settings__ShowDebugPropertiesInPropertiesPane">
ShowDebugPropertiesInPropertiesPane</span></td>
<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" headers="d4829e92 ">Includes 
debug properties in the <span xmlns="" class="wintitle">Properties</span> pane. Debug properties are informational only and do not change the 3D scene. </td>
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