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shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

(OP)
Here's one,

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

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

Do i understand that you want to show some parts as rendered and others not i.e. wireframe?

RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

I tried setting some parts as reference, thinking that it would solve your problem but it only changes the line type of the parts, so that's too bad :( Unfortunately You may have to send an enhancement request because I don't see other ways to accomplish what you want to do.

Sorry!

Patrick

RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

(OP)
rogerreid, simplistically yes but in draft views, not the model.

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.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

As you don't say whether you want the views to be drawings you could just create images from the screen.
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

(OP)
Thanks beachcomber, I did start thinking along those lines but I think we use some of the annotation features in draft.  Others here have used that technique to create images for assembly instructions.

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.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

RE: shading select parts/sub assy in draft view

Kenat,

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

(OP)
I just talked to the guys doing the work and while they're going to see if creating images from the model will work for some of the illustrations, for some it will need to be done in Draft.  

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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