Options

Options
Technical Article

Options may be set to modify the behavior of ACIS. An option's value may be a flag (indicating an on/off state), a number (integer or real number), or a string. Options may be set in a Scheme application (such as Scheme AIDE) using the Scheme extension option:set; or in a C++ application using one of several API functions.

rh:auto-clipping
rh:auto-facetting
rh:clear-screen

rh:auto-clipping

Action

Sets automatic clipping during rendering in Scheme.

Name String

rh:auto-clipping

Scheme

Type	Values	Default
boolean	#f, #t	#f

Description
When on, the near and far clipping planes are set automatically during rendering.

; rh:auto-clipping ; Turn on automatic clipping (option:set "rh:auto-clipping" #t) ;; #f

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rh:auto-facetting

Action

Sets automatic faceting during rendering in Scheme.

Name String

rh:auto-facetting

Scheme

Type	Values	Default
boolean	#f, #t	#t

Description
When on, automatically faces unfaceted faces during rendering.

; rh:auto-facetting ; Turn off automatic faceting (option:set "rh:auto-facetting" #f) ;; #t

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rh:clear-screen

Action

Sets screen clearing during rendering in Scheme.

Name String

rh:clear-screen

Scheme

Type	Values	Default
boolean	#f, #t	#f

Description
When on, screen is cleared before rendering.

; rh:clear-screen ; Turn on screen clearing (option:set "rh:clear-screen" #t) ;; #f

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