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Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

(OP)
Hello,

I have a quick question about cosmetic threads.  I use them all the time and I have shaded cosmetic thread enabled.  My question is when I build an assembly the shaded cosmetic thread is there but there is also the circle on the edge where the cosmetic thread was created.  In the assembly I find it very annoying because these circles are shown, even if there are other solid bodies infront.  I was wondering if there was a way to keep the look of the shaded cosmetic thread but hide the circle so it does not show up in the assembly.  I mostly work with farly large assemblies and these circles are everywhere.  When I try to hide the cosmetic thread, the shaded cosmetic thread disappears.  Is there any other ways around this.  Thanks

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

Nope.....

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

sounds weird, but hide the circle in the assembly and then refresh the individual models and the circle should disappear leaving the cosmetic thread. it usually works.

hope it works for you.

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

(OP)
Im not quite sure what you mean by refresh the individual models.  Ctrl-R each part?

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

When I switch off the View > All Annotations option, the dashed circles cease to be shown, but the shaded thread remains. (SW2010-SP4.0)  

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

(OP)
That is exactly what I wanted.  Perfect thank you very much!!

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

CBL,

I wonder if that is new.  I use SW2008 for production and that does not work in that version.

Cheers,

 

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

I suspect it may be new. I seem to remember that disabling the All Annotations option would also remove the shaded thread.

... or maybe it's a just a malfunctioning bug in this version. Better keep quiet about it or they might fix it.

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

Anna,

The method CBL mentioned works for me in SW2008. I'm pretty sure it worked as far back as 2006 also.

Joe
SW Office 2008 SP5.0
P4 3.0Ghz 3GB
ATI FireGL X1

RE: Keeping shaded cosmetic thread but remove visibility of circle

Hmmmmm......  Must be another setting I am missing with that then.  Something I need to check out.

Thanks for setting me straight.  smile

Cheers,
 

Anna Wood
Core i7 EE965, FirePro V8700, 12 Gb RAM, OCZ Vertex 120 Gb SSD, Dell 3008WFP 30" Monitor
SW2010 SP2.1, Windows 7 x64
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com

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