Other display options

While implementing the advanced features for displaying reinforcement in color, we also adjusted the other settings for displaying engineering elements.

• The Ignore elements setting is no longer available, as you can control which elements are visible using layers or Element Selection.
• The Separate surface for animation setting no longer requires you to define the Transparency, as transparency is usually not necessary for displaying fixtures, Bar reinforcement and Meshes.
  The program uses the Object color to display reinforcing bars and meshes in views of the Animation and RTRender type. This also applies to all other view types, provided the Color stands for pen option is not selected in Show/Hide. Otherwise, the program uses the format properties of the elements as usual.
  

  Color stands for pen means that the color used to display an element on the screen is associated with (and thus dependent on) its pen thickness. Elements drawn with a certain pen (or pen thickness) are always presented on-screen with the same color, regardless of the colors assigned to the individual elements. You can specify which color represents which pen in the Options on the Desktop environment - Pen colors page. You can switch the Color stands for pen option on and off using Show/Hide (How).

  

  Activate Show/Hide in one of the following ways

  • Menu bar: View

  • Toolbar: Quick Access View