Change All to Solid Opaque ( Modeling > press s a )
Tool summary :
- Changes the display style of potentially all members in your current view to solid opaque. Only members that require solids to be created will not be changed.
- Solid opaque is a member display style that features opaque member main material and opaque connection material.
Before (left) and after (right) Change All to Solid Opaque . - Beams, columns, braces, girts and purlins need to undergo Create Solids before they can be displayed in solid opaque form. The member will remain in stick form if you try to display it in solids form before it has undergone Create Solids .
- Before changing the form of members in this way, you may want to turn Depth Checking off (if you want to change more members) or on (if you want to change fewer members).
- Change All to Solid Opaque can be used in any Modeling view. The following instructions assume that you are in using a 3-button mouse.
- See the step-by-step instructions .
Also see :
- Modeling (where Change All to Solid Opaque is a tool)
- Change All to Solid Opaque (for Detail Evus using the '
Manual ' method)
- Create Solids (required for member solids display)
- Solids Display Method (setup for solids display)
- Depth Checking (affects Change All to Solid Opaque )
- Solid and Stick Member Display Styles (topic) (
)
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Step-by-step instructions :
1 . Invoke Change All to Solid Opaque using any one (1) of the following methods:
Method 1 : Click the Change All to Solid Opaque icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' View -- Solids Mode ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).
Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose View > Change All to Solid Opaque .
Method 3, 4 or 5 : Change All to Solid Opaque can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface . The default keyboard shortcut for Change All to Solid Opaque is s a .
Method 6 : In Solids Mode , hold down the Shift key and right-click ( All Opaque ).
2 . ALL members in your current view (except those that have not yet undergone Create Solids ) are now displayed in solid opaque form. That is, both main material & connection material of the affected members is opaque.
Tip: When you Open ( Ctrl + o ) other erection views, you will find that members changed to solid opaque in your current view are also solid opaque in those other views.
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