Making Blocks Opaque
Making Blocks Opaque
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Hi all,
I'm creating assembly drawings of valves. What I would like to be able to do is create a block of each component that makes up this assembly and then lay all the blocks on top of each other to create a sectioned assembly view. Problem is, all the lines from the housing etc show through the bits that go in it. Is there a way to make a outer boundary for a block annd make that block opaque.
It just doesn't make sense to me that I should have to go through and trim all these entities to where they intersect the other components. All of this is done in a single drawing in 2D.
I'm really not too familiar with this sort of thing in ACAD as I'm used to 3D solid modelling packages where this sort of thing is a part of everyday use.
Cheers
Hayden
I'm creating assembly drawings of valves. What I would like to be able to do is create a block of each component that makes up this assembly and then lay all the blocks on top of each other to create a sectioned assembly view. Problem is, all the lines from the housing etc show through the bits that go in it. Is there a way to make a outer boundary for a block annd make that block opaque.
It just doesn't make sense to me that I should have to go through and trim all these entities to where they intersect the other components. All of this is done in a single drawing in 2D.
I'm really not too familiar with this sort of thing in ACAD as I'm used to 3D solid modelling packages where this sort of thing is a part of everyday use.
Cheers
Hayden





RE: Making Blocks Opaque
I'm also very lazy and can't be bothered repetitively creating so many boundaries for so many different model configurations. This is a painful thought when I could get away with creating them only once in their parent blocks.
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
I'm still not sure I understand exactly what you're doing. It sounds like you might need to redefine the blocks using additional layers for layer control when placing. Or build the thing 3D, and be done with it.
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
I tried the 'big C' with XCLIP initially too but it just got too messy. I've been playing with wipeout today. Boy express tools are a great set of ditties aren't they. I never even knew they existed.
The problems I'm having with wipeout though are that;
a) looks like only line segemnts can be used - no arcs allowed in the polyline boundary.
b) I can't get the damn boundary to turn off. I remove the polyline on creation of the wipeout but the boundary still stays.
Any ideas on how to get rid of it.
Cheers
Hayden (ACAD 2000i)
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right "
.. Henry Ford
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
We won a contract recently, and AFTER we got the contract the client gave us his cad standards; no 3D, no PAPERSPACE, no XREFs. I did a change order to figure out what it would cost us to "back-up", and sent him a charge notice. The difference in cost convinced him to change his standards.
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
Unfortunately, I'm the only contractor here with a staff of about 20. Very difficult to institute change, especially as I'm on a 3 month contract.
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
Wellll.... maybe not a expense acct. and a car, but that's what happened to me.
I also got 80-90 hr weeks and all the coffee I can pay for.
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
Would the "slice" command be a better solution?
Hope that helps
RE: Making Blocks Opaque
I'm using wipeout to do this now as described a bit earlier. I haven't tried slice, but will, isn't it a 3D command though? Whan I'm next on ACAD I'll give it a go.
Hayden