Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
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SW2011 sp0, Win7 64x, Quadro FX3500, clean install:
I do a lot of exploded view drawings and other graphics for instructions. So I create several configurations of a model, suppress the stuff I don't need to see and create various exploded views.
What I am experiencing is that if a part is "suppressed this configuration" it still gets suppressed in all configurations. What's even weirder, is that if I open up a different model that also uses the same part, the part is suppressed in that model too.
It's as though 2011 is saving the suppression state in the Part-level file instead of the assembly file where it was suppressed. I don't know if this is a glitch (2011 has been very buggy for me) or whether I am overlooking a setting somewhere.
On a possibly related note, I have also experienced the problem someone else reported where suppressing an entire sub-assembly would result in the sub-assembly to suddenly reappear unless I suppressed all of the individual parts inside the sub-assembly...and that includes parts within sub-sub-assemblies.
I do a lot of exploded view drawings and other graphics for instructions. So I create several configurations of a model, suppress the stuff I don't need to see and create various exploded views.
What I am experiencing is that if a part is "suppressed this configuration" it still gets suppressed in all configurations. What's even weirder, is that if I open up a different model that also uses the same part, the part is suppressed in that model too.
It's as though 2011 is saving the suppression state in the Part-level file instead of the assembly file where it was suppressed. I don't know if this is a glitch (2011 has been very buggy for me) or whether I am overlooking a setting somewhere.
On a possibly related note, I have also experienced the problem someone else reported where suppressing an entire sub-assembly would result in the sub-assembly to suddenly reappear unless I suppressed all of the individual parts inside the sub-assembly...and that includes parts within sub-sub-assemblies.






RE: Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
How clean was you clean install?
https://forum.solidworks.com/docs/DOC-1014
Was the A/V disabled?
Probably not related, but did you upgrade the graphics driver?
You could try an update to SP2 or run a repair. If that doesn't work get your VAR involved.
RE: Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
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RE: Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
I was having a problem with suppressed parts appearing in an assembly despite being listed as suppressed in the design table - doing this solved the problem.
RE: Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
CODE
Component A
Component B
Sub-Assy 1
Component 1
Component 2
Sub-Assy 2
Component 3
Component 4
Suppressing Component A, or B will only hide them in the Top Level Assembly.
Suppressing Component 1, 2, 3, or 4 will hide them in the Sub-Assembly. So if this Sub-Assembly is used in another Top Level Assembly (or even if you open just the Sub), the components will be hidden.
You can avoid this by becoming a wizard with configurations. Good luck.
Devon, EIT [Mechanical]
Solidworks 2011 SP 1.0
RE: Parts getting suppressed ALL config AND all models
In the above example, you can only suppress Component A, Component B, Sub-Assy 1, and Sub-Assy 2.
If you want to suppress parts in sub-assemblies you have to make configurations in each sub-assembly and use that configuration in corresponding main assembly configuration.
-Joe
SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
8 GB RAM - Nvidia Quadro FX1700