Entity Properties

You can view properties such as visibility, colors, transparency, mass properties, and extents of a model or model parts.

Viewing Attributes

The Attributes tab displays a model or model part’s attributes. The list of attributes will vary depending on the model. Some of the viewable General attributes are:


Attribute	Description
Color	Color of the selected model part.
Density	The density of the model or selected model part(s).
Mesh Resolution	The number of polygons drawn when displaying a model.
Name	The model part name or the displayed page name of the model.
Render Mode	The dynamic rendering used for displaying model or model part. For example, Shaded, Shaded Wire and Wireframe.
Transparency	The value between 0 and 1 representing the model or model part’s degree of transparency. 0 = opaque 1 = transparent
Visibility	The value True (visible) or False (invisible) for a model or model part.

If you are displaying the 3D view of an EDA, AutoVue displays the general attributes mentioned above. In addition, displays attributes specific to the Printed Circuit Board (PCB), such as component name, board side, component class and device type.

If a 3D file has Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI) and a PMI entity selected, the PMI attributes are displayed along with the above general attributes and attributes specific to the PCB board. Some of the viewable PMI attributes are X-Axis, Y-Axis, font color, text font name, and tolerance type.

To view the attributes of specific model parts, select the parts from the model.

To view the attributes of the entire 3D model, make sure that no parts are selected.

From the Analysis menu, select Show Entity Properties.

The Entity Properties dialog box appears.

Note: You can also right-click in the workspace and select Show Entity Properties, or in the Model Tree, select the model part or parts, then right-click and select Show Entity Properties.

Click the Attributes tab.

The attributes of the selected model parts are displayed in a hierarchical tree.

Click Close to close the Entity Properties dialog box.