Display equipment objects in yellow - Intergraph Smart 3D - Help

1. Click Format > Surface Style Rules to display the Surface Style Rules Dialog Box.

   

2. Click New to display the Surface Style Rule Properties Dialog Box.

   

3. Type a name, such as All Equipment objects, in the Rule name box.

   

4. Select More from the Filter list to display the Select Filter dialog box.

   

5. Navigate to Catalog Filters > Default Filters > SP3D Object Filters > Object Types > Equipment and Furnishing, and click OK.

   

   

   • You can modify the existing styles by clicking Format > Format Style.

   • While anyone can currently edit the surface styles (change the definition of colors), the administrator should be the only one who exercises this function.

6. Select Yellow from the Style applied list.

   

7. Clear all of the options except for Simple Physical in the Select all aspects to which the style will be applied box, and click OK.

   

   

   • An aspect is an alternate geometry for a design object. An object can have one or more aspects.

     The aspects to which you can apply the selected surface style rule are

     Simple Physical - The physical geometry of the object that is suitable for visual recognition and interference detection purposes.

     Detailed Physical - A more detailed model of the physical geometry. Currently, the design objects delivered by Intergraph do not use this aspect.

     Insulation - Insulation geometry.

     Operation - The space around an object required for its operation.

     Maintenance - The space around an object required to perform maintenance on the object.

     Reference Geometry - Geometry used for design reference only and does not participate in interference checking.

   • When you create a surface style rule, the rule is assigned to your active permission group.

8. Select All Equipment objects from the Style rule library list on the Surface Style Rules Dialog Box, and click Add.

   

9. Click OK.

   When an object is created or edited, Smart 3D checks that object against the filters of the surface style rules starting from the top of the list. When the object meets a filter, the software assigns that style and does not check the style rules further down in the list. For greatest efficiency, arrange the rules so that the rules at the top of the list apply to most of the objects. Click Move Up and Move Down to change the order of the rules in the Workspace list.

See Using surface style rules for information on best practices involving surface style rules.