Surface 'magically' turns grey??
Surface 'magically' turns grey??
(OP)
I'm building a surface model from sheets and have found that two 'variational sweep' surfaces have magically turned grey.
It's the sort of light grey that would suggest they are not the work part (but are).
The 'Edit Object Display' dialog suggests they should be 'Pure Green'.
It happened after I modified a sketch ... however .. the surfaces in question are earlier in the history tree and are unrelated to this sketch.
Closing and opening the part doesn't resolve this.
It's not stopping me using or modifying these sheets but is plain bizarre!!!
Any ideas?
It's the sort of light grey that would suggest they are not the work part (but are).
The 'Edit Object Display' dialog suggests they should be 'Pure Green'.
It happened after I modified a sketch ... however .. the surfaces in question are earlier in the history tree and are unrelated to this sketch.
Closing and opening the part doesn't resolve this.
It's not stopping me using or modifying these sheets but is plain bizarre!!!
Any ideas?
Jon S
Medical Design Engineer - Glos. UK
NX 6.0.5.3 / Teamcenter 8





RE: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
Go to...
Preferences -> Grid and Work Plane...
...and check the status of the 'Dim Objects' toggle in the 'Objects Off Work Plane' section of the dialog. If it's ON, toggle it OFF.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
No - the grid settings are unchanged.
This is two very specific variational sweep surfaces, all other surfaces are fine.
Thanks
Jon
RE: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
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: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
It sounds like a similar problem.
NX 7.5.0.32
NX 7.5.0.32 MoldWizard
RE: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
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: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
If I make a component the displayed part, add a chamfer or hole, then make the top assembly the displayed part, it will have set that component in the assembly to have zero translucency. I have to un check 'specific translucency' to undo this errant change.
To restate, the software is changing component display properties on its own random whim at times when I am not making any changes to any display properties.
NX 7.5.0.32 MoldWizard
RE: Surface 'magically' turns grey??
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.