Plates

Access the graphical Model View Settings for plates by clicking the Model icon in the View Settings section of the View ribbon and selecting the Plates tab shown below.

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This tab lets you specify that plates are to be drawn as wireframe, color coded, or rendered elements, or that they are not to be shown at all.

Click the Plates slider to not display the plates in the model at all.

When the Wireframe option is selected, you can include information on the plates when plotted. The Labeling drop down list provides the choices you have as to what information will be displayed on each plate, such as the plate label, material, thickness, or the plate local axes. The wireframe option also allows you to display plate Pinned Corner conditions.

When the Color Coded option is selected, plates are plotted with different colors that are mapped in a key shown in the upper right corner of the model view. You can color the plates by material set or specify a uniform color for all plates. You can toggle the Outline of the plates on and off. The color coded plates themselves may be presented with varying Transparency with 100% transparency meaning completely see through and 0% indicating completely solid. 

When the Rendered option is selected, true to scale representations of the plates are drawn with thickness. You can also display the rendered plates at a percentage of their Size. This is useful in understanding orientation and connectivity in complex views as shown below.

The Transparency setting described above for Color Coded plates also applies to Rendered plates.