NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
(OP)
There are two issues when a particular A1 size drawing is exported to a PDF:
-the solid color shading is not completely filling the outline of the solid body
-underlying parts are partially displayed over and through other parts that are not touching.
I unchecked the Disable Full Scene Antialiasing toggle, changed the Shade Tolerance for each view to Ultra Fine, exported the PDF at High Resolution, and tried variations of all of the above to no avail. Any suggestions?





RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
I am unable to attach the actual file or screen capture, so you'll have to appreciate my MSPaint skills.
The "bleeding" of underlying parts is basically both parts showing up in the same space even though they are not touching. They're both only several mm thick, but not touching.
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
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: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
2. Try View Style>Shading>Shade Tolerance
3. Try File>Export>PDF and increase the image resolution setting in the Settings panel near the lower right corner. It will make the PDF output larger but may fix your problem.
4. Post an actual example if all of the above don't work because three best guesses are my limit without actual data to interrogate.
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Hudson
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RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
All components are fully loaded and reference sets only contain solid geometry. I've systematically worked through most of the obvious settings in the visualization performance tool and tried to print to PDF instead of exporting to PDF. In the print to PDF function you can adjust the PDF output properties, which I've adjusted as well with no luck. Thanks for all the suggestions as they've provided a double-check that I had indeed done them.
John-
I can't see the image you posted.
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
We spoke to the TAC and the are working on a fix.
What I did notice is that when I use an arc, instead of a circle, I do not have that problem.
How large is the circle that you are showing in your picture?
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
As an alternative, I've uploaded the .jpg file below.
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: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
yesterday's image - no
today's image - yes
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
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: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
I can't see the images you embed in your posts from my work computer, but I can see them if I log on at home. I'm pretty sure our IT department blocks photosharing sites like photobucket so those links don't come through.
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
I cannot see the image that you posted at 10:58
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
I can see all your images just fine.
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
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: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
The shading issue is very similar to the jpeg you posted, although the facetization is contained within the outline of the object.
The bleeding, where underlying parts show through others, is different. That is where it physically looks like the two parts are sharing the same space even though they are seperated by a physical distance. In those situations, the shading is appropriately contained within the outline.
Jerry-
That sounds exactly like what we're facing here. The base diameters of the circular shapes are >100mm. I'll try recreating some of the shapes using arcs. I've noticed circular shapes don't always translate well when exporting parts to other applications.
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
RE: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
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: NX5 Shaded Drawing--What you see is not what you get
In the visualization preferences, on the 'line' tab, try lowering the curve tolerance.
In the view style, general tab, try changing the tolerance.
I doubt it will solve your problems, but might be worth a shot.