CM4D Feature Markers

3D feature markers appear on 3D models for features that have coordinate data. Some features have unique marker shapes to identify the type of feature. If the View annotation is not set to use feature specific markers or if the feature type does not have a unique marker, feature markers appear as a sphere.

At times the marker position may be obstructed by the model or other feature markers. Small adjustments can be made by going to the Feature Properties and setting a Spin or Length to the marker for the selected feature.

Feature Marker by Type

Some types of Features have a unique 3D marker assigned. Hover over an image below to identify which feature type it represents:

Surface A point on a model with XYZ and IJK characteristics to define its 3D coordinates.	Hole An opening with a measured diameter (or radius).	Slot An opening with a measured width and length.
Flush A measurement of the parallelism of two surfaces or edges.	Gap A measurement of the perpendicularity between two surfaces or edges.	Distance The calculated distance between two reference points.
Midpoint The calculated middle point or mean value between two reference points.	Range A series of two or more points in sequence representing the values of the reference feature points.	Plane A plane area constructed from three reference points. The three reference feature points make up the vertices of the plane marker.
XYZ A point with XYZ but no IJK (vector) data.	Sphere There is no unique marker assigned for Non, User Polar or Reference feature types, so these use a generic sphere marker; also used in Views with the Marker Mode set to Sphere.

Feature Marker Colors

The color of the Feature marker indicates the state of the data for the Active Sample. Additional marker colors are dictated by Document Feature Marker Colors.

Marker	Color	Description	Meaning
	Red	Bad	Beyond Limits (Out of Tolerance)
	Green	Good	Within, or equal to, Limits (In Tolerance)
	Gray	Neutral or Nominal	No Actual measurement data associated to the Nominal Feature

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