Background document

 

 

 

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This command allows you to add a background document (sketch of another document...) and use it as support for a new sketch in repassing mode, for example.

 

Creation Stages / Use:

 

Choose the command File > Add a background document... from the TopSolid button.

 

  1. Choose, from the drop-down list, the document to add as background, this one will be stored in the Backgrounds folder of the entities tree.

  2. Validate.

 

 

  • The document to be added as a background document must be previously opened in a TopSolid window.

 

 

  • The document to be added as a background document is linked to the document in which it is inserted. Any modification of the background document has an effect on the document which uses it.

  • If the document used as Background documents is deleted, the document using it will become invalid.

 

 

Available options:

 

 

When this option is checked, the shapes contained in the background document are displayed with a transparency and the wireframe elements are display in half tone color.

 

Modifications / Additional information:

 

Background document modifications are available in a popup menu in the folder Backgrounds in the entities tree.

This menu allows you to hide, open a background document or show  it in the project tree.

The Isolate command allows you to break the link with the background document.

You can also avoid any undesired hooking using the Selectable command which allows to forbid the selection of a background document elements