Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
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Hi everybody,
I have this drawing where i need to fill multiple area of a part with a grey shade to demonstrate which areas will be covered with thermal paint.
However, when i fill these areas with the "Area Fill" command and then export the drawing to a PDF, all the contours inside the parts are erased.
Is there a solution to make the area fill some kinf of translucent to still be able to see the details of the part?
any help would be greatly appreciated,
I have this drawing where i need to fill multiple area of a part with a grey shade to demonstrate which areas will be covered with thermal paint.
However, when i fill these areas with the "Area Fill" command and then export the drawing to a PDF, all the contours inside the parts are erased.
Is there a solution to make the area fill some kinf of translucent to still be able to see the details of the part?
any help would be greatly appreciated,





RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
Etienne
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3.2
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
here is a print screen of one of my parts. I could use Crosshatch instead, but a lot of different and contiguous surface finishes are needed and many different type of crosshatch makes the drawing almost unreadable.
Etienne
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3.2
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
by contours, i mean the associative lines created from the geometry. I included in this zip folder a capture before and after the PDF export from NX. I also included the 3d part as well. Thank you for looking into this, i really don't know what setting to tinker with.
Etienne
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3.2
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
You can edit the crosshatch pattern to be the same in each area if you wish. Also, if you edit the crosshatch distance to a small value, it will be virtually the same as an area fill.
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RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
Etienne
NX7.5.4.4 + TC Unified 8.3.2
RE: Area fill in contiguous areas erases contour
That won't help the PDF issue since what he's looking for is really something which has a 'translucent' quality to it, something which I suspect is not readily supported by the PDF code.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.