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1-Visitor
July 23, 2015
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Missing hidden lines in Creo 2.0 drawing

  • July 23, 2015
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Hello Everyone, I am having an issue with hidden lines in the drawing as it is displayed on the monitor.   When I make each view "hidden" the hidden lines are the same color and pattern as the rest of the geometry.   however when i print or export to pdf or dwg it does show the hidden dashed lines.  I have been searching the forums and trying to tweak the pen table but no luck yet.   Any ideas to fix?

Here is my current pen table

! Pen 1 = white entities (object lines)

! Pen 2 = yellow entities (text, dimensions, cross hatching)

! Pen 3 = gray entities (hidden lines)

! Pen 4 = red entities (Highlight - Primary (Dark Red)Selected (Red)Secondary Selected (Orange) All items plot as solid lines:

! Spline surface grid (does not plot in drawings)

! Pen 5 = green entities (sheetmetal)

! Pen 6 = cyan entities (section)

! Pen 7 = dark gray entities (dimmed e.g. tangent edges)

! Pen 8 = blue entities (spline surface grid) [use for drawing perimeter border in format]

pen 1 thickness .035 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

pen 2 thickness .018 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

pen 3 color 0.0 0.0 0.0; pattern .2 .1 cm; thickness .025 cm; half_tone_color

pen 4 thickness .050 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

pen 5 thickness .035 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

pen 6 thickness .018 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

pen 7 thickness .008 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

pen 8 thickness .050 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

Best answer by MartinHanak

Jon,

I am little bit confused ...

Info no.1:

The color of hidden lines can be set in Creo Parametric Options dialog box.

Click File > Options > System Colors > Graphics and set Hidden Line color.

Info no.2:

I do not know whether it is possible to display hidden lines as dashed lines on the screen.

Martin Hanak

2 replies

24-Ruby III
July 23, 2015

Jon,

to be able to suggest something, I need to have Creo drawing and models. Please upload some example data.

Martin Hanak

1-Visitor
July 23, 2015

Hi Martin,

The attached file shows three views.  The ISO is no hidden lines and is fine.   The bottom left view is hidden lines turned on but shows the ID of the tube as a slightly different color and solid line.  Should be a dashed (hidden) line. 1003447.jpg

24-Ruby III
July 23, 2015

Jon,

I am little bit confused ...

Info no.1:

The color of hidden lines can be set in Creo Parametric Options dialog box.

Click File > Options > System Colors > Graphics and set Hidden Line color.

Info no.2:

I do not know whether it is possible to display hidden lines as dashed lines on the screen.

Martin Hanak

Mahesh_Sharma
22-Sapphire I
July 24, 2015

Jon,

Hidden line display as dashed line in drawing views was never a part of functionality. Hidden lines will display as light solid lines and will appear as dashed lines on print/pdf.