Drafting sketch not displaying on section view when back clipping is active
Drafting sketch not displaying on section view when back clipping is active
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I have a series of section views on a drawing that I'm trying to sketch on. The problem that I'm running into is I'm also using back clipping on the section views. When the back clipping is active, the sketches on 3 of the 4 views are not visible. When back clipping is turned off, the sketches are visible. I'm guessing this has something to do with the distance specified in the back clipping settings and the "plane" that the sketch is drawn on. Has anyone else run into this problem? Any suggestions?





RE: Drafting sketch not displaying on section view when back clipping is active
Exactly what were you trying to remove from the view by changing the Back Clipping plane? Did you try toggling OFF the 'Background' option on the View -> Style -> Section tab of the dialog to see if that did what you wanted?
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RE: Drafting sketch not displaying on section view when back clipping is active
As far as the sketch goes, where exactly does NX place the sketch in a section view? Is it on one of the 0,0,0 planes? Also, the back and front clipping options specify a distance. Where is that distance being measured from? Is that also from the 0,0,0 of the part?
RE: Drafting sketch not displaying on section view when back clipping is active
After you add the Sketch to the view, but before your start to play with the Clipping Planes, select the view boundary, press MB3 and select the 'Expand' option. Now you can rotate the view around and see exactly what the view contains in 3D, including the spatial relationship of the sketch relative to the rest of the geometry in the view. And while you can't make any changes to the Style of the view while in this mode, you may at least learn if there's a potential for issues if you see that the sketch is NOT located between where you might be thinking of placing the Front and Rear Clipping Planes. As I said, this cures nothing, but it's at least it's another 'tool' that can be used to predict and/or debug your situation.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Drafting sketch not displaying on section view when back clipping is active