Element Mat

Interface

Material Panel of Element Sets

Example for Material Panel of Element Sets Set the visibility of parts of the object like indices, normals and elements, set colors and appearance. See also Material Panel of Point Sets.

Show

Element
All elements are hidden in case this checkbox is not selected. That will make the element set translucent. Edges or vertices of elements are shown if show-edges/vertices is selected.
Element Normal
Show/hide element normals. The element normals form a vector field that is based on the element midpoints. This option is only available if element normals has been assigned to this element set. To assign element normals to this element set use Method-Apply-MakeElementNormals.
Edge
If activated the edges of elements are emphasized by colored lines as given in color entries below.
Boundary
If the elements set has a border (this is a question of connectivity) and this option is set the border is marked with a thick line.
Texture
If a texture image is assigned to this element set and texture coordinates has been set then this option makes it visible/invisible.
Outline
Draws thick lines to mark the bounds of the current visible image of the geometry in the display. If activated and elements are shown the option 'show elements' is deselected.

Global Color

Face
Sets the globally used color for element planes.
Edge
Set the color of element edges for all elements.
Boundary
If the bounds of this geometry are shown this will be their color.

Global Size and Length

Normal Size / Length
This sets the length of the element normals as well as the vertex normals. See Material Panel of Point Sets.
Edge Size
Sets the virtual thickness of the element edges in pixels.
Boundary Size
Sets the virtual thickness of the borderline of this element set.