Work On Support

The Work on Support options let you customize work on support settings for Generative Shape Design.

Select this tab to access options for:

Work On Support



Work On Support (Default values at creation)

  • Define the first direction scale (H for horizontal), by setting Primary spacing and Graduations values.

    By default, this option is set to 100mm for primary spacing and 10.

  • You can also define another scale for the second direction scale (V for vertical), thus allowing distortions of the grid.

    Select the Allow distortions option to activate the Primary spacing and Graduations fields of the second direction.

By default, this option is not selected.

For further information, refer to Working with a Support.

Work On Support 3D



Select the desired option:

Grids definition
Define the default values for the grids, by defining Labels names and Primary Spacing values for each direction.

By default, the Labels are set to X, Y, and Z for the first, second and third directions, and the Primary Spacing is set to 100mm for all directions.

Grids customization

  • Define the Grid labels unit, that is the coefficient of division for all straight lines units.

    For example, the grid label unit is set to 1 and the X label for one line is set to 500. If you modify the grid label unit to 10, the X label will be 50.

    By default, this option is set to 1.

  • Define the Automatic Scale Factor, that is the scale to be used when the grid becomes too small. The factor is comprised between 2 to 10.

    By default, this option is set to 5.

  • Define the Maximum lines number to be displayed on the screen, from 70 up to 500 lines.

    By default, option is set to 70.

    All these values will be used as the default values when creating a support.

    For further information, refer to Working With a 3D Support.