#### CAD Settings

From the CAD tab, select Options and then CAD Settings... to access the CAD Settings dialog box. This dialog box determines how the CAD model appears in the CAD tab.

CAD Setting dialog box

Cad Rotate: This area contains these two options that control the CAD model's rotation:

As defined - Datapage+ rotates the CAD using the current display settings. So, if the model is in solid view, it will rotate using a solid model. If it is in wireframe view, it will rotate using a wireframe model.

As Wireframe - Datapage+ rotates the CAD using a wireframe model.

Change Cad Color - This area contains these two options that control the CAD model's coloring:

As defined - Datapage+ colors the CAD model using the default color of the model. The default color is blue.

As selected - Datapage+ colors the CAD model according to the defined color in the color box. You can change the color by clicking the Edit button.

Change Cad Background - Datapage+ colors the background of the CAD model object according to the defined color in the color box. You can change the color by clicking the Edit button. The default color is white.

Highlight Cad Color - Datapage+ colors the background of the CAD model object according to the defined color in the color box. You can change the color by clicking the Edit button. The default color is red.

Change Clip Region Color - Datapage+ colors the frame that indicates the clipping region according to the defined color in the color box. You can change the color by clicking the Edit button. The default color is black. Note that the clipping region frame only appears if it is turned on inside of a secondary CAD model object. The frame becomes on option for display on secondary CAD objects if you've selected the Clip Region check box described below to clip the primary CAD.

Change SectionCut Color - Datapage+ colors the section cut object when displayed by itself according to the defined color in the Self color box. It colors the section cut object according to the defined color in the On cad box when the section cut object is displayed on top of the CAD model object. You can change either of these colors by clicking the Edit button. The default color is red.

Clip region - This clips the part model in the main CAD object to only display the features to which labels are pointing.

Sample part clipped to show only specific features

You can also show, on a secondary CAD object, the location of the clipping region by activating the secondary CAD object, right-clicking on it, and choosing Show Clip Region for Main CAD. By default, the color for this clipping region is in black. You can modify that by using the Change Clip Region Color area above; for example, the image below has a green border for the clipping region:

Green rectangle indicating the clipping region

Right-click on the secondary CAD object and choose Remove Clip Region if you no longer want to display the clipping region.