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EddyVE12-Amethyst
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April 10, 2020
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'Show Clipped Model as Solid' and 'Capped_clip' not working ...

  • April 10, 2020
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When I turn on a cross-section, some solid models appear as surface models. They appear as 'hollow'.

Nevertheless, 'Show Clipped Model as Solid' is checked on in 'Options', and 'Capped_clip' in config.pro is set to 'yes'....
Any suggestions as to what could be wrong?

( Creo 4.0 )

 

Kind regards

 

 

Best answer by Mahesh_Sharma

@EddyVE 

 

You may try checking this with

- Accuracy of parts.

- Interference between parts. 

 

 

- To investigate, Drag INSERT HERE and place on top of model tree, enable section, drag INSERT HERE to resume 1 or 2 components and check which one s causing the issue. Try changing the accuracy of part 

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EddyVE12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
April 10, 2020

When I delete the 'bad' cross sections and create them again, they now look okay as solids.
Apparantly, the option settings are only applied when the cross section is created. The cross sections are not updated when options are changed. Weird, but that is the way it appears to be anyway....

 

tbraxton
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tbraxton22-Sapphire II
22-Sapphire II
April 10, 2020

I have seen this as well. I think it is a rendering glitch in the graphics. I have found that if I change to wireframe display and then back to shaded display it will render properly. Try it, it should be faster than redefinition of the section.

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    EddyVE12-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    April 10, 2020

    Thanks for the tip! I will try this if I see this problem again!

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    EddyVE12-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    January 14, 2021

    This annoying problem came back to haunt me again ....
    What used to 'work' for me was to do a 'Edit Definition' of the troubled cross section, then click OK, and the hollow parts would appear as solid again in the cross section.
    Now even that doesn't work anymore.

    When in the 'Edit Definition' mode, the cross section appears okay (as solid / capped cross sections). After leaving the 'Edit Definition' mode, some parts appear again as hollow.

    This must be a bug,  plain and simple ... ☹️
    In the screenshots you can see the 2 representations ....

    EddyVE_0-1610621262908.png

    During 'Edit Definition' the cross section looks like this:

    EddyVE_0-1610621423470.png

     

    Mahesh_Sharma
    Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire IAnswer
    22-Sapphire I
    January 14, 2021

    @EddyVE 

     

    You may try checking this with

    - Accuracy of parts.

    - Interference between parts. 

     

     

    - To investigate, Drag INSERT HERE and place on top of model tree, enable section, drag INSERT HERE to resume 1 or 2 components and check which one s causing the issue. Try changing the accuracy of part 

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      EddyVE12-AmethystAuthor
      12-Amethyst
      January 14, 2021

      Hi Mahesh,

       

      Thanks to your suggestion (dragging 'Insert Here' from the top down), I was able to pin-point the problem.

      It turns out that the hollow components had constraining errors in the assembly.

      After repairing the constraints, the failing components did not appear hollow anymore but solid.

       

      Thank you very much for your help!

       

      Kind regards

      Eddy

       

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