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Fully coloured in view

Fully coloured in view

Fully coloured in view

(OP)
Hi guys... I am looking to do a drawing with fully coloured-in bodies in NX6. I have looked and can't find the exact thing I'm looking for. I have a plan, a section and an iso. Please help... at the moment we export to Microstation and colour in 2D, which itself is a nightmare!  smile

RE: Fully coloured in view

If you have already placed the view on the drawing, go to Style -> Shading and change the rendering style from wireframe to fully shaded.

RE: Fully coloured in view

Once you have your drawing created, select all of the views, press MB3, select 'Style', select the tab labeled 'Shading', change the Rendering Style from 'Wireframe' to 'Fully Shaded' and hit OK.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum:   http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

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

RE: Fully coloured in view

Try changing your hidden line linefont to 'invisible'.

RE: Fully coloured in view

(OP)
Hi guys, thanks for your help. The hidden line setting was already set to invisible? Any other ideas... the clocks ticking haha. I would of thought that it is totally possible to do...

RE: Fully coloured in view

So my suggestion was not what you were looking for, eh?

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum:   http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

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

RE: Fully coloured in view

I tested before I posted and it worked for me, there must be another setting getting in the way.

RE: Fully coloured in view

(OP)
Sorry John, I had replied to cowski before I seen your post, but is it not the same thing? As I said it looks alright on the UG screen but not when I print or create pdf. Could it be a plot setting?

RE: Fully coloured in view

It works fine for me, at least when I tested the File -> Export -> PDF and the File -> Print functions.  However, you do have to make sure that in the Settings section of the dialogs that the 'Export Shaded Geometry as Wireframe' option is toggled OFF.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum:   http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209

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

RE: Fully coloured in view

(OP)
Hi guys, it looks like I may not be able to do this. We use a document handling system which allows us to 'publish' approved dwgs to our intranet. I do not have the option of File - Export - PDF... I can only Plot to adobe, which I'm assuming is not the same thing. When I open NX6 on it's own, it has different settings and the Export PDF option is there... I tested a simple plot and it looked good shaded in. I'm going to have to speak to a CAD / IT guy and see why this option was removed. I take it there's no ther way to export a pdf. The quality appeared much better.

RE: Fully coloured in view

Are you trying to get these images from a modeling view (modeling application) or a view placed on a drawing sheet (drafting application)? I ask because it may affect the strategy to use. Your original question mentions drafting views, but in your screenshot there appears to be a component selected, which would suggest to me you are in a modeling view.

RE: Fully coloured in view

(OP)
Hi cowski, no... it's a drafting application. The screenshot is from one of the iso views.  smile Had a wee play about with it... but can't get rid of these lines underneath. It is obviously an assembly.

RE: Fully coloured in view

(OP)
Hi guys back from holiday... has this died a deatht then?... hope I haven't stumped you's haha. Starting to frustate me now. Looks fine on UG when when I print or create pdf I get hidden lines!!! Is there any other option within the View-Style dialog box which would affect this. I have the same settings as cowski's screenshot.

RE: Fully coloured in view

We had some issues when we changed to "PDF ExChange" from whatever PDF thing we had before that. I can't tell you anything else other than that, because I really wasn't involved with the change.
So my suggestion would be to check explore the settings in "PDF" to see if there is something that may be causing this.

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