Creo Illustrate, Explosion line differences @ 3D and 2D figures

[Ramon_Bohne]

Hello all,

The explosion lines in the 2D figures do not correspond to the settings and not to the representations in the corresponding 3D figures.

The explosion line based on the center line and its values are 4-1-1-1.

What could be the reason for this?

Thanks and best regards
Ramon Bohne

[agarland · Accepted solution]

Hi Ramon,

This is because the line weights (and the styles) are rendered proportionally to each other in the 3D figure, whereas in the 2D figures the lines are rendered  accurately using the measurement from the pens and line styles.

Because the 2D figures always have a page defined the lines can be rendered accurately in relation to the page size, this is not true for the 3D figures where this is not always a page and therefore a real world size to reference.

This article although for a different symptom explains the reason behind it.

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs382496?posno=1&q=line%20weight&source=search 

Adrian

[Ramon_Bohne]

Hello Adrian,

You're right. I have now measured it again and it looks more like the explosion line in the 3D figure is much too small.

It looks good, but the lengths in the 2D figure are more like 4-1-1-1 and are therefore correct.

So far so good, my mistake 🙂

Many thanks for the quick answer and best regards
Ramon.