Assembly Invisible?
Assembly Invisible?
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Hi All-
I tried looking back through the posts, but I couldn't find anything (nothing on Google, either).
Running SW 08 SP5.0
I have a sub-assembly of my main assembly. Everything has been fine, but for some reason I just tried to open the sub-assembly and all the parts show up on the feature tree, and are selectable in the graphics area... but they're invisible! I've tried restarting SW and the computer, no luck. I've tried to open the sub-assembly 3 or 4 different ways, same result. It's only this assembly. It's starting to get quite annoying.
Anybody seen this before? Anybody have a solution?
Thanks all.
I tried looking back through the posts, but I couldn't find anything (nothing on Google, either).
Running SW 08 SP5.0
I have a sub-assembly of my main assembly. Everything has been fine, but for some reason I just tried to open the sub-assembly and all the parts show up on the feature tree, and are selectable in the graphics area... but they're invisible! I've tried restarting SW and the computer, no luck. I've tried to open the sub-assembly 3 or 4 different ways, same result. It's only this assembly. It's starting to get quite annoying.
Anybody seen this before? Anybody have a solution?
Thanks all.
V






RE: Assembly Invisible?
What happens when you change the viewing mode (Shaded, Shaded with Edges, HLR, Wireframe)?
Have the components been set to 100% transparent?
RE: Assembly Invisible?
Sylvia
RE: Assembly Invisible?
Thanks for the replies...
Graphics Card - nVIDIA FX4500
Same thing, no matter what viewing mode.
How do I check transparency?
I'll try opening the components and then the assembly now, but it's fairly large, so it'll take a while.
Thanks again, and any more suggestions, please let me know.
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
It even shows up in the main assembly, perfectly fine.
I read on another message board that someone had to reinstall SW all together... I really hope that's not the only solution.
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
RE: Assembly Invisible?
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The weird thing is that I was working on this assembly this morning. Nothing has changed. I can't understand why all of a sudden it's not working.
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
I tried to add another part into the invisible assembly, and I get this error message, "The component could not be added to the assembly at this location as it would go beyond the modeler's resolution."
Discuss.
This makes me think that there is one part really far away from the others, but I'm able to select things on the screen as if they're right in front of me (after I zoom to fit into the window)...
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
Chris
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RE: Assembly Invisible?
Down to no parts left...
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
OK, so apparently when in doubt, click normal to a plane, and your model magically reappears!
Seems to be fine now.
Very weird.
Thanks for all your suggestions, and if anyone thinks they have an explanation, please feel free, as I'd like to know what the hell just happened.
V
RE: Assembly Invisible?
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