Unintended Solid views

[msteffke]

I am looking for a way to stop these unintended solid views from
happening. To start, one user creates a drawing using the start
template. The template has model display set to no hidden. When he
saves the .drw His view are are looking correct, looking like a
traditional line drawing. Then someone else who happens to be working
in shaded mode opens the drawing. The drawing view come in as shaded.
Because a straight on view of a flat surface is basically white, when
the drawings are printed as pdf it gives the appearance that there is no
model at all.

One core problem. The template view instructions there is no View
Display. Only Model Display.
In a drawing for the view properties, You do have a view display
option. No config option exists to define this.

Is there a way to not have the views not default to Follow environment?



I don't want to use the option 'enable_shaded_view' set to no, because I
feel I may want to have the shaded view option some times.



Using Creo Elem. Pro 5.0 m150

Image shows drawing template view properties vs. those of a drawing
created with that template







Mark Steffke

Engineering System Administrator

The Delfield Company

Manitowoc Foodservice

T 989.775.9215 or 989.773.7981, ext 12484

Integrity, Commitment to Stakeholders, and Passion for Excellence




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[RandyJones]

On 10/24/13 14:40, Steffke, Mark J wrote:
>
> I am looking for a way to stop these unintended solid views from happening. To start, one user creates a drawing using the start template. The template has model display set to no hidden. When he saves the .drw His view are are looking correct, looking like a traditional line drawing. Then
> someone else who happens to be working in shaded mode opens the drawing. The drawing view come in as shaded. Because a straight on view of a flat surface is basically white, when the drawings are printed as pdf it gives the appearance that there is no model at all.
>
> One core problem. The template view instructions there is no View Display. Only Model Display.
> In a drawing for the view properties, You do have a view display option. No config option exists to define this.
>
> Is there a way to not have the views not default to Follow environment?
>

For defaulting new views set the drawing option model_display_for_new_views
For an existing view change the display style

> I don't want to use the option 'enable_shaded_view' set to no, because I feel I may want to have the shaded view option some times.
>
> Using Creo Elem. Pro 5.0 m150
>
> Image shows drawing template view properties vs. those of a drawing created with that template
>
> *Mark Steffke*
>
> Engineering System Administrator
>
> The Delfield Company
>
> Manitowoc Foodservice
>
> T 989.775.9215 or 989.773.7981, ext 12484
>
> /Integrity, Commitment to Stakeholders, and Passion for Excellence/
>
>
> -----End Original Message-----


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[JoshuaHouser]

Hi Mark,

I remember the first time we faced that, back in in '97 or so...used to annoy the heck out of me until we figured out how to fix it.

Users should have their own active_drawing.dtl file that sets the Display Style to "No Hidden". You can dump that in the start-in directory, or use a config option "drawing_setup_file" to set the location of the file.

They can set it manually for each view in a drawing, but doubt you want that.

Joshua Houser

(have I talked to you about FIRST robotics yet?)

Pelco by Schneider Electric

Methods & Tools Sr. Engineer

[msteffke]

Well those responses poured right in, thanks.



In general the overall response was :

For defaulting new views set the drawing option
model_display_for_new_views
For an existing view change the display style.

Why the template display setting doesn't work is beyond me. I have to
look into that.





Thanks responders




Mark Steffke

Engineering System Administrator

The Delfield Company

Manitowoc Foodservice

T 989.775.9215 or 989.773.7981, ext 12484

Integrity, Commitment to Stakeholders, and Passion for Excellence