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Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

(OP)
Hallo everyone

I'm having a problem with the hatch style in an assembly drawing. In a section view of the assembly's drawing, I've changed the default angle and distance of the hatch for several components individually.
If I toggle a component's suppression status in Modeling, then the hatch style for this component in Drafting resets to default.
Is there a way to maintain the hatch style?

(The option View Style- Section- Assembly Crosshatching is off)
NX 6.0.4.3 - Win XP

Thanks in advance for helping!
 

RE: Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

I doubt it.  The crosshatch settings get applied at the time that the section is created, but if a component is 'suppressed' it's as if it does NOT exist so when it's unsuppressed, it's also as if the section, and thus the crosshatching, was being created for the first time.  Therefore, there was NOTHING in the section view to remember the hatch settings for a component which technically did not actually exist.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

(OP)
Yes, you're right!
But the question is if I can save somehow the crosshatching style or settings for a component that is in the section before I suppress it. Like attribute for example. So that when it will be unsuppressed it will use again the same settings for the hatching.

I'm having an assembly and it's drawing with a section, where I suppress some components and unsuppress others in their place. In this way I can save time but I always have to edit the hatch style (angle, distance) for the components that I've unsuppressed.
 

RE: Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

Sorry, the hatch pattern is saved in the hatching object itself, not the component, so there is nothing to save the settings in when the hatching object is not present due to the component being suppressed.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

RE: Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

If you change the default hatch style before you add an assembly section view then the spacing will vary in accordance with the setting that you made. If you use the assembly cross-hatching setting in the view style then it will vary the angle of the hatching but not the spacing. It seems that if you change the default setting after the view was added you can't easily get that effect to take, although it will occasionally happen if you modify the underlying solids. And as you saw manually editing the hatching for different components works but only persists until the view has to be regenerated for any reason.  

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

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RE: Hatch style in asm drawing after a componentÆs suppression

(OP)
Well it`s good to know that it`s not possible. I`ll try to find another way.

Thank you very much for your help and for taking time to send these posts

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