You can save time by appropriately suspending objects such as the Topology Set and 3D Mesh objects. The Suspend Object Updates command toggles the state of suspension of an object. By suspending an object, you prevent it (and objects that depend on it) from being updated in response to changes to other objects.

For example, the Topology Set object depends on the Geometry object, and, when not suspended, will be reprocessed each time the geometry is changed. If you want to make several changes to the geometry, you can skip the intermediate processing of the topology by suspending the Topology Set object. Note that the Topology Set object is initially suspended when you start a new case.

To process a suspended object, unsuspend it.

An icon overlay indicates whether or not an object is suspended. Icon overlays are illustrated in Table 1.1: Icon Overlays and Text Styles.