Shortcut
In Part Mode, right click on a part in the graphics window. In the resulting pulldown, choose Contour. A window will
pop up to choose a variable. This then automatically creates a contour part with the default settings using the
selected variable and using the right-clicked part as the parent part.
ADVANCED USAGE
When Sync To Palette is specified, the levels of the variable palette are used as the contour levels. You must edit the
palette using the Feature Detail Editor for Variables to modify the number of levels, distribution, etc. See How To
Edit Color Maps for guidance.
OTHER NOTES
The default behavior is to color the contour part by the creation variable. If you toggle this off, the contour part will not
be colored by a variable automatically, but will be white.
Unlike most part creation operators, contours are created from the client’s representation of the part – not the
server’s. If the parent part of the contour consists of one-dimensional elements or has no client-side visual
representation at all, the resulting contour will be empty. This would be the case if the parent part was currently
displayed as feature angle, border representation, or not loaded. The 3D border, 2D full representation is typically
used for contour part parents. See How to Change Visual Representation for more information.
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