Hello
In some CAD software (Solid Edge for example) you can specify parts that you want to make "transparent" (in reference to solid Edge).
These parts appear in the drawing but in mixed lines and allow more legibility to the view (see attached example images).
How to get a similar result on SW without going through the shaded views???
Thank you!
Hello
In your drawing, you have to play with the "line font of the component". You can apply it frame by frame or on all views at once.
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/Sldworks/HIDD_COMPONENT_FONT.htm
same answer as Chamade who was faster than me
@ Chamade,
If I play with the line font, I still don't have the desired visual for the components that are underneath, these are always in hidden lines, when they should be seen in strong lines (and I don't want to play with all line fonts...
Hello
You have to use the configurations (in 3D) and the "view from another position" option (in the drawing)
OK. I hadn't understood it well, obviously...
I was going to give the same answer as RIM-B
It takes two configuration of the assembly and used view from another position
@Rim-B
Ok, I had tested this solution (a bit heavy in my opinion). My problem is that for a cross-sectional view we are stuck...
Another suggestion please???
Thank you!
Hello
If the configurations (but this seems to me to be the only solution to have mixed line parts in the MeP) are too heavy to manage, you can try the "Display State" linked or not to the configuration. This allows for the management of display types (shaded, wireframed, dotted), hidden-shown and transparency component by component (very fast loading time compared to configuration change). You can have as many display states as you want for the same configuration. Then, in your MeP, you specify which display state you want for each view.
On the other hand, if you absolutely want mixed strokes on some pieces, I'm afraid that the solutions given above are the best!
Kind regards
Otherwise, but this is a little more work, I have already done by putting 2 different views on each other by freezing the position so that it does not move in relation to each other, in the first one you put the pieces in strong line, in the other, the pieces in mixed lines.
I was on solidedge before being on solidworks and there are features that I regret! This one is one of them.
@jmsavoyat
I tested with the display states, but as soon as you make a cut, you find a classic shaded display...
In short, to sum up, no miracle recipe and to join Rim-b, it's a feature that would really have its place in SW
Hi all
Are we talking about the drawing of an assembly?
Why not manage transparency directly in 3D?
Otherwise, you have to right-click on each part (or subset), and click "show hidden edges":
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/HIDD_VIEW_SHOW_HIDDEN.htm
@Lucas Prior
Hello
It is for assembly drawings that the problem arises. An example:
I design welding tools for any chassis. On my overall plan, I need to see my tools first - in strong (and/or hidden) lines, but I also need to see the "envelope" of the chassis to see how it is positioned. Only if my chassis is in strong lines, I can't see anything of my tools anymore... Hence the need to see my chassis as a "ghost" without altering the readability of my tools.
It's funny because it's something very common on other software.
Hello
@benoit.guerel: there is the envelope function to do this in the 2013 and 2014 versions, you can create an envelope of a sub-assembly underneath you can only do it on the parts.
This function exists in the component properties (see attached image on SW2013)
Edit: Damn it doesn't work as I hoped (I was convinced that I managed to be in mixed line in the drawing of an envelope component)....
@+
Hello
I can think of two solutions that could get around your problem:
Without any further proposal... I'm closing!
Thank you for the answers given