Feature Groups menu

Use the Feature Groups menu to create and manage feature groups in the current project.

To display the menu, in the Explorer, right-click Feature Groups.

Feature editor — Select to display the Feature Editor tab.

Detect Features — Select to display the Interactive Feature Detection dialog.

Create Feature Group — Select to create a Feature Group in the Explorer.

Create Folder — Select to create a folder so you can organise entities in the Explorer. You can rename a folder in the normal way and drag and drop entities into it. See Explorer for more information.

Feature Group names — Select to specify the template used to name new feature groups.

This controls the naming convention used when creating multiple entities.

• Rename — Select to display the Enter Template dialog, which enables you to specify a new template.

  Enter the name of the template prefix you want to insert and click . This displays the prefixon the menu. New feature groups use this prefix.

  Feature Group Names > Rename: None — When displayed, does not add a prefix to new feature group names.

  Feature Group Names > Rename: prefix — When displayed, adds a prefix to new feature group names.

• Off — Select to remove the template so that all new feature groups do not use a template. Existing feature group names remain unchanged. Selecting this option changes the rename option to Feature Group Names > Rename: None.

Folder Names — Select to specify the template used for all new folders.

These menu options control the naming convention used when creating multiple folders.

• Rename — Select to display the Enter Template dialog, which enables you to specify a new template.

  Enter the name of the template prefix you want to insert, and then click . This displays the prefixon the menu and all new folders use this prefix.

  Folder Names > Rename: None — When displayed, PowerMill does not add a prefix to new folder names.

  Folder Names > Rename: prefix— When displayed, PowerMill adds the prefix to new folder names.

• Off — Select to remove the template so that all new folders do not use a template. Existing folder names remain unchanged. Selecting this option changes the rename option to Folder Names > Rename: None.

Deactivate — Select to deactivate the currently active feature group.

Draw all — Select to display all feature groups on the screen .

Undraw all — Select to hide all feature groups on the screen .

Draw curves — Select to display the source curves that the features are generated from.

Draw wireframe — Select to display the wireframe representation of the features.

Import — Select to read-in features from an *.xml file. It displays the Import Features dialog.

Delete all — Select to delete all the feature groups.