shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
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We are creating graphics (a lot of iso type views) for a manual. They want certain parts/sub assemblies in certain views shaded.
Is there a good way to do this. I just saw an intern doing a fill on every enclosed area of one of the assemblies which seems ridiculously laborious.
Is there a way to do it with shaded views but only shading certain parts? I had a play and couldn't work it out.
Thanks,
Ken
We are creating graphics (a lot of iso type views) for a manual. They want certain parts/sub assemblies in certain views shaded.
Is there a good way to do this. I just saw an intern doing a fill on every enclosed area of one of the assemblies which seems ridiculously laborious.
Is there a way to do it with shaded views but only shading certain parts? I had a play and couldn't work it out.
Thanks,
Ken
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RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
Sorry!
Patrick
RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
Thanks Pat, may be the way to go.
I was trying to do it based on similar logic to how you can change the line type etc for certain parts etc.
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RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
In your assembly set the part face style for the non-coloured parts to White Transparent, and the other parts to whatever colour you want.
Save the image as a jpeg.
Change the colours for the next image as reqired.
I've just created a powerpoint presentation from someones images that showed different stages of a build.
This was done by saving all the images from the same view set-up and just turning parts on/off and changing colours.
Setting the images to the same position and size on the powerpoint slides you can achieve a fade-in/out effect.
bc.
RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
They are 2D, black & white/greyscale in the manual.
That said some of these may be available now in the model with MBD so it might be worth a look.
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RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
how about making the parts that you do not want shaded,
Making them "clear/Glass" in color,
You can define a more transparent color than what is
provided.
HTH
Frank
RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view
The tech illustrators like getting the images in dxf format as it allows them to edit it better. However sometimes they use photographs so somtimes a model image may work but sometimes it needs to be a draft view.
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