#### Trihedron Settings

From the CAD tab, select Options and then Trihedron Settings... to access the Trihedron Settings dialog box.

Trihedron Setting Dialog

This dialog lets you change the colors of the different components of the part alignment trihedron that appears inside the Graphics Display window. You may find this useful when the background color or other items on the Graphics Display window have similar colors, making it difficult to see the trihedron; or perhaps you just want to give each axis a different color to easily differentiate between the axes.

The original colors for the trihedron symbol are red and green like this:

Part Alignment Trihedron Symbol

You can easily change these colors by clicking on the colored boxes in the Colors area and choosing a new color from the resulting Color dialog box:

Trihedron Color Selection Dialog

As soon as you click OK, the Color dialog box closes, and Datapage+ instantly updates the color of the trihedron accordingly in the Graphics Display window. When you click OK on the Trihedron Settings dialog box, Datapage+ will store the color information in the registry, so that all part programs will use these colors for the part alignment trihedron.

Colors area

The Colors section of the Trihedron Settings dialog contains a grid of colored boxes representing the different components for each of the three axes of the trihedron.

Trihedron Setting Dialog - Colors Section

- Text - This sets the colors of the "X", "Y", or "Z" letters (or text) displayed on the trihedron (1 in image at right).

- Cylinder - This sets the color of the X, Y, or Z axis line (or cylinder) on the trihedron (2 in image at right).

- Cone - This represents the color of the Z, Y, or Z arrow head (or cone) on the trihedron (3 in image at right).

Modified Trihedron Colors Example

Save - Saves the currently defined items on the dialog box for subsequent sessions. When you log back into Datapage+ at a later time, the software will used this saved configuration.

Default - Loads the default configuration.

OK - Applies the current configuration until the end of your current session. When you log back into Datapage+, the software will use the saved configuration (or the default configuration if no saved configuration exists).

Cancel - Closes this dialog box.