Project Tree Reference

Icon key and function overview

This page provides further details on elements of the project tree.

Part and Slice Info

• Level of detail: The percentage value next to the part name indicates the level of detail with which the part is rendered in the display.
• Visibility: Parts that are visible in the display have an yellow lightbulb icon before the part name. Hidden parts have a bluish lightbulb icon. Click the icon to toggle the visibility.
• Display color: The display color swatch shown before the part name indicates the color with which the part is rendered in the display.
• Need of repair: Damaged parts have an exclamation mark at the bottom right of the display color swatch. Examples of damaged parts could include those with inverted triangles or open triangle edges.
• Shell count: Parts with more than one shell are marked at the top right of the color swatch.
• Part number: The number to the right of the part name is a running number. The number is not adjusted as older parts are removed. However, you can renumber them from the context menu of the Parts section header.

Main sections

Upon launch, Netfabb lists a selection of sections:

• Parts: This is the default build room. Loaded parts will usually appear here. You can change its size in the Settings, and you can load more build rooms through Load Machine Workspace > Default Machines.
• Slices: Create, manage, and modify slice stacks in this area. When loading slice files, they will appear in this section directly.

More sections such as Structure Library as well as machine workspaces become available as they are used.

Note: Not all sections are available in all subscription tiers. The Structure Library, for instance, is part of the 3S latticing which is only available in Netfabb Ultimate.

Icon key and functions

A number of actions are available by clicking the icons next to the element:

• Open: Double-click the folder icon to open a directory from which more parts can be added to the project.
• Display Color: Double-click to open a dialog allowing you to select a new display color for the part.
• Visibility: Click to toggle the part between visible and invisible
• Texture & Color: Double-click while part has neither texture nor color to launch the Texture & Color module.
• Texture & Color visibility: Click to toggle the texture and/or color.
  Note: When this is switched to visible, the display color for this part is overridden with the actual texture or color. You can toggle the display of texture and color through the context menu of selected parts, or for all of them using View > Show Texture & Color
• Remove: Double-click the red x icon to remove an element from the project.

Additional icons are available after an element is selected. For example:

• Add: The blue plus icon can be used to add elements to the project.
• Apply: The green check mark appears next to loaded modules, such as repair or support. Clicking on it will execute any queued actions, such as closing holes or generating supports, and close the module.

Part numbers

Parts are assigned a number when they are added to a project. When you remove parts, the numbering is not adjusted to account for the removed parts. However, if desired, you can renumber the parts in the project. If you don't need part numbers, you can toggle their display.

Part numbering within machine workspaces is independent from other workspaces as well as from the default platform.

Groups

Groups are useful to perform certain commands on several parts at once. Rather than select each part every time you wish to perform some action, you can group them and apply the action to the group.

Note: Only parts and slices can be grouped.

A group creates a new collapsible node in the tree, and using the group name's context menu you can perform actions that apply to all items contained in it. For example, the visibility of all the items inside can be switched at once.