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JasonPensack1-Visitor
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Aug 28, 2013 3:24 PM UTC
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Component display in assembly drawings

In my assembly I have a transparent component. (Its acctually a Workpiece in manufacturing.) The problem is that when I create a drawing with this assembly I can see thru this part. I can't see the hidden lines in this part, but I can see all of the lines in the fixture behind it. I would like to have this component display on the drawing as if it was solid. Is there a way to change this in the drawing?

I am using Creo 2.0 M050.

Thanks in advance!


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Inoram14-Alexandrite
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Aug 30, 2013 1:16 AM UTC

Can you post a screenshot?

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JasonPensack1-VisitorAuthor
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Sep 4, 2013 11:43 AM UTC

TRANSPARENT_COMPONENT.jpg

The part you see is my workpiece, which is transparent in my assembly. You can see the tooling holes and pockets in my fixture thru the part.

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Inoram14-Alexandrite
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Sep 4, 2013 7:18 PM UTC

Even with Drawing View > View Display > Display Style set as "Hidden" or "No Hidden"?

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JasonPensack1-VisitorAuthor
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Sep 5, 2013 2:16 PM UTC

Matt - I do have the view display set to No Hidden and I know this is active because I can't see thru the plate on my tombstone.

Antonius - I don't have any cosmetic threads in the assembly. The rectangle in the center of the part is a cut-extrude and so is the series of 6 rectangles on the bottom edge of the part, so all features can be seen thru the part.

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Inoram14-Alexandrite
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Sep 5, 2013 2:45 PM UTC

You are dimensioning a workpiece? Maybe that's just how they behave? I have never tried to dimension one, I have only used them (as a master) to create other components.

Sorry, not sure what else to suggest.

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JasonPensack1-VisitorAuthor
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Sep 5, 2013 3:03 PM UTC

I tried to recreate the problem by taking a normal component and making it transparent and it worked fine on the drawing. It must have something to do with the fact that it is assembled as a manufacturing workpiece.

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