You can change some Toolmaker options by changing values in the GlobalOptions.xml configuration file. Most of the options that are stored in the file are managed automatically from within PowerShape and should not be changed manually. You can define options for the following within the configuration file:
When PowerShape is installed in the default Windows location, the configuration file can be found in the following location:
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Toolmaker
This configuration file is in XML format and can be edited using an XML editor (recommended) or a text editor.
Configuration options are grouped into sections within the file as follows:
<GlobalOptions>
<Section1Name>
<Option1Name OptionType="string|number|boolean">some_value</Option1Name>
<Option2Name OptionType="string|number|boolean">some_value</Option2Name>
</Section1Name>
<Section2Name>
<Option1Name OptionType="string|number|boolean">some_value</Option1Name>
<Option2Name OptionType="string|number|boolean">some_value</Option2Name>
</Section2Name>
</GlobalOptions>
The default options file is shown below. The options that are included in the default file are set automatically from within PowerShape and should not be modified.
<GlobalOptions>
<SelectComponentDlg>
<ComponentCodeNameFirst OptionType="string">0</ComponentCodeNameFirst>
<GroupCatalogsByFamily OptionType="string">0</GroupCatalogsByFamily>
<ExpandedItems OptionType="string">DMS DMS__5</ExpandedItems>
<SelectedItem OptionType="string">DMS_GB1000GuideBush</SelectedItem>
</SelectComponentDlg>
</GlobalOptions>
You can add the sections to the options file. Although changes to the file are retained when a new version of PowerShape is installed, it is recommended that you keep a 'safe' copy of the updated file. The following sections can be added to the configuration file:
<CCWizard>
<ForceActualBBoxForDWObjects OptionType="string">0</ForceActualBBoxForDWObjects>
</CCWizard>
0 - When calculating the bounding boxes of plate/inserts solids, use the bounding box of the base primitive solid from the solid tree. This is the default setting.
1- Calculate the actual bounding boxes of plate/inserts solids.
Users may want to switch this option on (1) when the Cavity Core Wizard fails to get correct bounding box using the default method.
<Common>
<fDoNotArrangeGPAndGBGroups OptionType="string">0</fDoNotArrangeGPAndGBGroups>
</Common>
0 - When users change the placement of guide pillars/bushes (to the moving or fixed half), the guide pillars/bushes level is moved to the proper level group (default).
1 - Do nothing when users change the placement of guide pillars/bushes.
<MBWizard>
<SelCompColor OptionType="string">#DDDD00</SelCompColor OptionType>
</MBWizard>
This option defines the preview colour of the currently selected component in the Mold Base Wizard component lists. The format of the string is #RRGGBB, where RR, GG, BB are the hexadecimal values for red, green and blue. The default setting is #DDDD00 (yellow).