Customizing the New Model Dialog

You can control the format of the New Model dialog by hiding some of the methods of model creation.

To set general options for model creation, select Tools > General Options, and click the Model Creation category in the left hand pane. The following options are available:

Option	Description
Enable Categories	Enables the display of the Categories button in the New Model dialog, which lets you create models from predefined templates. Select the model category set to use in the Default category set list. If no valid model category set is selected then the Categories button will not be available. Click the Select Path tool to the right of this field to browse to another folder containing model category sets or click the Properties tool to open the currently-selected set in the Resource Editor. For more information about category sets, see Guiding Model Creation through Categories and Templates.
Enable Model Types	Enables the display of the Model types button in the New Model dialog, which lets you create models from the classic list of model types.
Enable model template files	Enables the display of the Template files button in the New Model dialog, which lets you create models from model templates. If no valid template directory is selected then the Templates button will not be available. Click the Select Path tool to the right of this field to browse to another folder containing model templates. For more information about model templates, see Model Templates.

Option

Description

Enable Categories

Enables the display of the Categories button in the New Model dialog, which lets you create models from predefined templates. Select the model category set to use in the Default category set list. If no valid model category set is selected then the Categories button will not be available.

Click the Select Path tool to the right of this field to browse to another folder containing model category sets or click the Properties tool to open the currently-selected set in the Resource Editor. For more information about category sets, see Guiding Model Creation through Categories and Templates.

Enable Model Types

Enables the display of the Model types button in the New Model dialog, which lets you create models from the classic list of model types.

Enable model template files

Enables the display of the Template files button in the New Model dialog, which lets you create models from model templates. If no valid template directory is selected then the Templates button will not be available.

Click the Select Path tool to the right of this field to browse to another folder containing model templates. For more information about model templates, see Model Templates.

For information about using the New Model dialog, see Creating a Model.