Flow lines hidden in exploded model show up in the draft?

[ToddReitz]

I have hidden some excess flow lines in my exploded model, but when I make the draft, all the flow lines that I've previously hidden are showing up. How can I fix this?Thanks.Soldedge ST2

 

[toffeet]

I don't think that the display of flow lines in the draft is controlled by the assembly, accept in the new ST4. What you can do is to use “Draw in View”, click on the flow lines you don’t want displayed and change their colour to white. You can also delete them but they will reappear when the view is updated.

Regards,
Theodore

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[beachcomber]

If you change the colour to white they will still show when you print 'all colours as black'.
There is a setting in draft to just turn them off - on the View Properties > Annotation tab.

bc.
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[toffeet]

I thought of that as well. Turning all of them off means that you will have to manually redraw the ones you want in “Draw in View”.

Regards,
Theodore

Solid Edge ST3 MP5 on WinXP x64
Insight Server on Win2008 R2 & SQL 2008 R2 x64
SharePoint 3.0 x64

 

[beachcomber]

Does the Hide Edges command work on flow lines?

bc.
2.4GHz Core2 Quad, 4GB RAM,
Quadro FX4600.

Where would we be without sat-nav?

 

[toffeet]

No, not in ST3 anyway.

Solid Edge ST3 MP5 on WinXP x64
Insight Server on Win2008 R2 & SQL 2008 R2 x64
SharePoint 3.0 x64

 

[ToddReitz]

Changing the color to white works, and it does print out ok, but it's a lot of work. I hope the update fixes this.

 

[ToddReitz]

Bad news. I can do "draw in view" and change the color of the unwanted flow lines to white, but if the drawing needs updated, all the colors revert to black and I have to do it all over again. Same thing happens if I delete the lines too.

Any more ideas?

 

[toffeet]

Hello Todd,

I did a search in the GTAC support forum and found a similar discussion dating back to July of last year. The only other option is to hide all flow lines and manually draw each and every one in “Draw in View”. See the attached screenshot.

With regards to excess flow lines, a lot depends on how you explode your assembly. If you are willing to share a screenshot of your explosion I can give you a few tips maybe.

Regards,
Theodore

Solid Edge ST3 MP5 on WinXP x64
Insight Server on Win2008 R2 & SQL 2008 R2 x64
SharePoint 3.0 x64