Reference Summary

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abl_remote_ints	Sets the use of the global Boolean for entity-entity blending.
abl_require_on_support	Sets whether or not both sides of a blend must be on their supports.
adaptive_grid	Removes redundant facet edges after grid mode faceting.
adaptive_triangles	Controls whether triangles are divided by refinements.
address_debug	Sets the form of output addresses.
add_bl_atts	Controls whether or not blend attributes are left on blend faces.
align_corners	Controls the alignment method of corners in a profile; used with option match_corners.
all_free_edges	Determines whether all edges on coincident faces are processed as free edges.
annotations	Controls whether annotation entities are created.
api_checking	Controls whether or not arguments to APIs are checked.
approx_eval	Evaluates spline approximation instead of procedural surfaces.
approx_vbl_offset	Sets whether or not approximations can be used for vertex blends.
backup_boxes	Sets backup of mesh boxes.
bb_immediate_close	Controls whether or not a bulletin board is closed off immediately when the call is made to the close_bulletin_board function.
bhl_smooth_edges	Controls handling of discontinuous edges during stitching.
bhl_smooth_surfaces	Controls the optional repair of discontinuous B-spline surfaces during the preprocess phase of healing.
binary_format	Controls the format to use when writing ACIS part save files as binary.
binary_read_format	Controls the format to use when reading ACIS part save files as binary.
blend_make_simple	Sets whether or not blends are simplified, if possible.
blend_mix_convexity	Controls how blending handles mixed convexity edges.
bl_cap_box_factor	Sets the size of the box used by the new capping algorithm.
bl_envelope_surf	Controls the type of blend surface used when a variable-radius blend is created.
bl_new_capping	Sets whether or not the new capping algorithm is used.
bl_new_technology	This is an internal testing option that sets how the new internal blending algorithms are used.
bl_preview_approx_sf	Sets whether or not api_preview_blends should use the spline approximation of any underlying surfaces in computing the preview sheet.
bl_preview_tightness	Sets how tight the blend preview is to the true blend.
bl_remote_ints	Sets whether or not global interference checking is performed.
bl_tb_autoblend	Determines whether autosetback uses api_set_vblend_autoblend or api_set_vblend_auto in the ACIS Test Harness.
bl_tb_preview	Determines whether blend previews are shown as blend attributes are applied in the ACIS Test Harness.
brief_comp_debug	Sets how much information about a compcurv is printed.
brief_curve_debug	Sets how much information about a curve is printed.
brief_mesh_debug	Sets how much information about a mesh is printed.
brief_pcurve_debug	Sets how much information about a pcurve is printed.
brief_surface_debug	Sets how much information about a spline surface is printed.
cap_preference	Determines whether capping tries to use as many or as few capping faces as possible.
careful	Controls whether or not extra geometry/topology checking is done.
cell_granularity	Determines how connected double sided faces are grouped.
check_abort	Determines whether to abort entity checking.
check_ee_int_always	Controls when edge/edge intersections are performed during face/face checking.
check_ff_int	Sets additional validity checking of the body.
check_ff_tangent_int	Sets additional validity checking of the body.
check_level	Controls the amount of entity checking performed.
check_output	Determines the level of output generated by the body checker.
common_facet_edge	Allows the faceter to create facets that have a facet edge shared twice.
compress_bb	Controls bulletin board compression.
cone_param_lines	Enables or disables the display of parameter lines on cones in the Test Harness.
cone_param_range_v	Controls whether to use a more accurate algorithm for computing cone surface parameter range.
cone_silhouettes	Enables or disables display of a cone silhouette in the Test Harness.
convert_on_restore	Controls whether to convert wires from the old to the new format during a restore operation.
crash	Sets crash on error.
d3sil_approx_sf	Determines whether to calculate the surface silhouette on the approximating surface.
d3_checks	Evaluates D-Cubed geometric checks for legality of curves and surfaces.
debug_absolute_addresses	Controls how memory address for pointers are returned for debugging: as absolute or relative, and as hex or long integer.
delete_forward_states	Controls whether to delete all forward delta states.
dup_seam_nodes	Controls whether or not duplicate indexed nodes are created on the surface seams.
error_no_input_tag	Controls whether or not an error occurs if inputs are not tagged (when annotations are activated).
extend_mergeable_edges	Controls whether or not mergeable edges are extended.
fast_distribute	Controls how to do distributed history (when distributed history is activated, using api_part_set_distribution_mode or part:set-distributed-history).
fitol_curve_interp	Sets the fit tolerance for spline curve interpolation.
fix_pcurves	Controls whether or not pcurves are corrected when validity checks are performed.
force_capping	Determines whether blending will fail or force a cap in some special cases.
full_error_msg	Controls the amount of information issues for ACIS error messages.
fuzzy_angle	Sets the angle criterion for deciding if a nontangent intersection should be treated as fuzzy.
hh_do_stitch_tolerant_edges	Controls whether or not tolerant edges are produced after the stitching phase of healing.
hh_skip_gen_spline_solver	Controls whether or not the generic spline solver sub-phase of the geometry building phase of healing is performed.
history_checks	Controls how history checks are reported.
ihl_lines	Sets the drawing of hidden lines on or off.
ihl_lines_style	Sets the drawing line style of hidden lines.
ihl_occlusion	Sets the removal of overlapping segments in a viewing configuration on or off.
ihl_occlusion_tol	Sets the tolerance for occlusion.
ihl_wire	Sets hidden line removal for wires.
intcurve_save_approx_level	Controls the level of information stored in the SAT file for intcurves.
journal_result_limit	Sets the maximum number of characters used to journal the result of a Scheme operation when journaling is turned on.
keep_second_edge	Sets whether or not the second edge will be kept for merging.
keep_second_face	Sets whether or not the second face will be kept for merging.
loft_estimate_tanfacs	Controls the calculation of tangency factors for lofted bodies.
logging	Sets whether bulletin boards and delta states are to be visible at the application level.
lop_check_invert	Controls the checking of invalid faces made in LOP.
lop_convert_pipe	Sets conversion of pipe spline surface.
lop_error_return_all	Controls whether or not all entities (including "dead" entities) are returned in "error info" objects.
lop_fail_on_no_part_inv_sf	Controls whether or not a local operation fails when a face surface can only be partially offset.
lop_ff_error_prevent_roll	Controls whether or not errors in local operations face/face checks cause a roll back.
lop_ff_int	Sets additional validity checking of the body.
lop_merge_vertex	Sets merging of redundant vertices.
lop_prefer_nearest_sol	Controls whether the nearest or farthest solution is preferred when picking between multiple solutions in the tweak algorithm.
lop_prefer_same_convexity_sol	Controls whether to pick a solution that most closely matches the original edge convexities, or that has the least common edge convexities.
lop_repair_self_int	Controls whether or not self-intersections are repaired on the bodies that result from local operations and shelling.
lop_sort_on_convexity	Controls whether sorting of solutions proceeds on convexity and then distance or on distance and then on convexity.
lop_stack_limit	Controls how much recursion can be done in the LOP code.
lop_use_euclidean_dist_score	Controls whether Euclidean or parametric distance is used when scoring different solutions.
match_corners	Controls the alignment method of corners in a profile; used with option align_corners.
merge	Sets merging of common geometry.
merge_spline_vertex	Sets merging of spline edges connected by a two-edge vertex.
merge_wirecoedges	Obsolete: Use skin_options instead      Controls whether or not the G1 vertices of wire profiles are removed.
mesh_param_lines	Enables or disables display of parameter lines on a mesh in the Test Harness.
mesh_silhouettes	Enables or disables display of a mesh silhouette in the Test Harness.
miter_type	Sets the style for a corner mitering in a sweep operation.
mmgrfile	Sets the name of the file to which to write memory manager debugging and memory leak auditing information.
mmgrfill	Enables or disables pattern filling of unallocated memory by the memory manager.
mmgrlog	Enables or disables writing of memory manager debugging and memory leak auditing information to a file.
new_cover	Determines whether or not to use the new algorithm.
new_dangling_wires	Converts dangling wires to either new or old style.
new_periodic_splitting	Controls how the periodic face splitting algorithm is used.
new_transform_method	Sets the method used for transformations.
old_draft	Sets whether or not older draft functionality is used in sweeping.
phl_back_face_culling	Controls elimination of split faces from calculations.
phl_cell_factor	Divides the projection plane into rectangular cells.
phl_draw_null_sedge	Controls whether or not subedges are drawn as hidden.
phl_lines	Sets the drawing of hidden lines in Scheme and the ACIS Test Harness.
phl_lines_style	Sets the style of drawing of hidden lines in Scheme and the ACIS Test Harness.
phl_occlusion	Determines if occlusion is calculated for occluded edges.
phl_rescrv	Determines into how many subedges a given curved edge is divided, depending on its curvature.
phl_reshoot	Determines the precision of the shooting.
phl_smooth_angle	Sets the maximum angle at which two faces can meet and still be considered tangentially smooth.
plane_param_lines	Enables or disables the display of parameter lines on planes in the Test Harness.
plane_silhouettes	Enables or disables the display of plane silhouettes in the Test Harness.
print_entity_type	Controls how an entity is printed in Scheme output.
props	Sets insertion of a property in an elliptical cylinder or frustum (cone).
rbi_remove_inv_face	Controls the removal of inverted faces.
rbi_rem_default_inside	Controls the choice of minimum or maximum body for api_remove_and_repair_body.
regen_skin_approx	Controls whether to regenerate the approximating surface during retrieval of a skin surface.
remesh	Sets automatic remeshing during a Boolean.
rem_use_rbi	Controls the method used to remove faces.
restore_locale	Sets the localization properties (language locale) to use when restoring save files (.sat).
res_near_tangent	Sets the tolerant modeling resolution (tolerance) for determining if an edge is considered tangent.
ret_directory	Sets the default directory for retrieve files in the ACIS Test Harness.
rh:auto-clipping	Sets automatic clipping during rendering in Scheme.
rh:auto-facetting	Sets automatic faceting during rendering in Scheme.
rh:clear-screen	Sets screen clearing during rendering in Scheme.
save_box	Sets writing the bounding boxes to the save file.
save_directory	Sets the default directory for save files in the ACIS Test Harness.
save_entity_count	Sets writing the entity count to the save file.
save_old_sab	Sets format for binary save files.
save_unknown_subtype_as_approx	Sets how unknown subtypes are saved in old save file formats.
save_version	Sets the ACIS version to use for writing save files in the ACIS Test Harness.
sequence_save_files	Sets sequence numbers in save files.
show_vertices	Visually marks vertices of a part for rendering.
show_warning_msg	Determines whether all the warning messages that the body checker generates should be added to the insanity list and displayed.
silhouettes	Enables or disables the display of silhouette lines on any surface type display of plane silhouettes in the Test Harness.
silhouette_curves	Sets the type of silhouette curves used.
sil_edges	Controls whether silhouettes are calculated in the Test Harness using an API or low-level code.
sketch_mesh	Sets which mesh elements are sketched in the Test Harness.
slow_bool4	Determines whether to regenerate pcurves.
smart_offset_vertex_blend	Controls how vertex blends are offset.
sphere_param_lines	Enables or disables the display of parameter lines on spheres in the Test Harness.
sphere_silhouettes	Enables of disables display of a sphere silhouette in the Test Harness.
spline_param_lines	Enables or disables the display of parameter lines on splines in the Test Harness.
spline_save_approx_level	Controls the level of information stored in the SAT file for spline surfaces.
spline_silhouettes	Enables or disables display of a spline silhouette in the Test Harness.
split_curves	Sets curve splitting in the curve::split function.
split_face_checking	Controls whether or not split faces are checked for small faces.
spl_edges_forward	Controls the direction of the underlying curve and the edge sense when a spline edge is created from an input edge.
stack_check_error	Controls behavior when the stack limit is reached.
string_check	Sets how NULL strings are handled.
subsetting	Sets the level of surface subsetting when trimming.
sweep_selfint	Sets self intersection checks while evaluating the sweep surface.
sweep_split	Sets whether or not to split a coedge when sweeping.
test_centroid	Controls whether the centroid of the triangles is checked with the surface tolerance refinement.
test_share	Sets detecting and sharing of identical objects when restoring save files.
tight_sphere_box	Sets calculation of a tight bounding box for a sphere.
tight_torus_box	Sets calculation of a tight bounding box for a torus.
timing	Sets whether or not timing information is returned.
torus_param_lines	Enables or disables the display of parameter lines on tori in the Test Harness.
torus_param_range	Sets whether or not a box is used to find the torus parameter range.
torus_silhouettes	Enables or disables the display of torus silhouettes in the Test Harness.
triang_interior_edge	Sets whether or not to triangulate interior bridge edges that connect holes and interior boundaries.
trim_faces	Sets the trimming of splines to the parameter bounds of the face.
unhook_annotations	Controls whether annotations are automatically unhooked from their entities.
u_param_lines	Sets the number of u parameter lines to display in the Test Harness.
validate_lop	Controls whether or not a taper local operation is checked (validated).
vbl_check	Sets whether or not further checks are done on vertex blend surfaces created by blending.
vbl_quick_check	Sets whether or not quick checks are done on vertex blends.
vtx_blnd_simple	Sets whether or not the new algorithm for vertex blend boundaries is used.
v_blend_nsurf	Enables or disables construction of general vertex blend surfaces.
v_blend_rb	Sets whether or not a vertex blend surface can be a rolling ball surface.
v_param_lines	Sets the number of v parameter lines to display in the Test Harness.
warp_tolerant_hot	Controls whether or not api_space_warp returns tolerant edges and vertices.