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Drafting NX 8.5 part transparency

Drafting NX 8.5 part transparency

Drafting NX 8.5 part transparency

(OP)
In thread561-235549: component shown as a reference it was discussed showing components as a reference. I have a quick question, what are the steps now for NX 8.5 to make a part transparent on a drawing so you can see internal parts that would be normally hidden? Example: having the a radome with an internal antenna, the radome profile would be a hidden dashed line but the internal antenna would be solid lines. I have an example attached. The left side shows the solid body and I want to show something like the left, however this pic the blue lines were faked in, which is never good...

RE: Drafting NX 8.5 part transparency

The recommended approach is what was outlined in the referenced link, 'Render Sets'. Alternatively you could take those two views and superimpose one on top of the other. For the view on top (which would be the one on the Left in your example) select the view, press MB3, pick the Style option and select the 'Visible Lines' tab. Now change the Font setting to 'Dashed' and hit OK. Now using 'View Dependent Edit', remove the unwanted curves from this same view until you have only those curves (currently represented by your 'faked' blue curves) left.

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RE: Drafting NX 8.5 part transparency

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Render set works exactly how I needed it to, thanks John.

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