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Setting the Tolerances for Solid Displays

Set the tolerances (error limits) that ARC+ uses for view calculations.

\tol

 

The tolerances are the shortest distances that ARC+ considers significant in display computations such as sectioning, hidden lines removal, etc. With smaller tolerance values, computations are more precise.

Sometimes, you may want ARC+ to ignore small inaccuracies in your model. For example, you may have drawn two polygons in your model that you intend to be coplanar, but that are slightly misaligned. In that case, one of the polygons may appear to be hidden behind the other and disappear when you remove hidden lines from the display. To prevent this, specify larger tolerance values. ARC+ will then ignore the slight misalignment and both polygons will be properly displayed.

You can specify two independent tolerances:

For distances between planes (0.00001-0.1 meter, default 0.0003)

For distances between points (0.00001-0.1 meter, default 0.00003)

The specified tolerances are used in all subsequent computations, until you set the tolerances again.