Setting Level Representation

Catalogues and Specifications Reference Manual

Component Design and Representation in PARAGON : Reference Section : Setting Level Representation


Keywords:	REPRESENTATION LEVEL
Description:	This command enables individual drawing levels to be specified for the display of catalogue elements. Every basic primitive shape has an associated drawing level range attribute stored in the Catalogue. If the specified drawing level coincides with this range, the 3D object will be drawn when it is added to the Draw List. The practical effect of this facility is that it allows you to minimise visible detail when representing catalogue items. For instance, at level 3, steelwork may be represented as single line only, whereas at level 1 the full detail may be visible. Level 3 may well be adequate for design purposes. LEVEL manipulation is not instantly updated on the screen. To see the effects of a level change, use the REPR UPDATE command.

Examples:


REPR LEVEL PIPE 5	Sets piping level to 5. All pipes which are added after this command will be drawn at level 5. Those which were already in the view will remain unchanged.
REPR LEVEL 2	Set level for all other Component types to 2

Command Syntax:

                       .-------------------<-------------------.
                      /                                        |
>-- REPResentation --*-- LEVel --+-- PIPE -------.             |
                                 |               |             |
                                 |-- NOZZle -----|             |
                                 |               |             |
                                 |-- STRUcture --|             |
                                 |               |             |
                                 ‘---------------+-- integer --+-->

Querying:


Q REPR	- lists all REPRE options
Q REPR LEVEL	- lists levels at which other Components are drawn
Q DISPLAY	- gives units and tolerance settings, as well as representation levels