Illustrate Interrupted or collapsed view / partial view

[Ramon_Bohne]

Hello,
I have two question about creating views in Creo Illustrate.

1.) Is it possible to create a kind of interrupted or collapsed view (or what I shou call it) to push large parts together (example: View1 and View2)?

2.) Is it possible to display only a part of a view, so that it is still possible to place position numbers (callouts) on the left and right (example: View3 and View4)?

Thanks and greetings
Ramon Bean

[agarland]

For question 1, this would have to be done manually be creating a 2D figure and then editing the content to remove the unwanted section.

The issue would be that you couldn't use a background image for the shaded effect.

For question 2, this would depend on what the final deliverable is.  If it's a 2D formal Svg or cgm etc then you should be able to use the page to crop what is included, ie' remove anything outside the page.

I think it could be a little tricky to achieve either of these results but using the suggestions above you may be able to get close.

[Ramon_Bohne]

In the end, I always need a simple image file as *.bmp or *.jpg.

And yes, if it doesn't work in Creo-Illustrate, you can of course do it all quite easily with a graphics/painting program.

But first I want (should I) check if it is possible with Creo-Illustrate only.

And yes, I want to have colored and shaded images.

So the question is: Is there an easy way with Creo-Illustrate to create the image files as desired, or should I better edit and finalize the finished image with a graphics/painting tool?

Best regards

Ramon

[agarland]

Hi Ramon,

So there is a way to create a figure that is very close to what you are looking for using the insets and a 2D figure.

Here's the basic steps:

1. Create a 3D figure showing the assembly in the correct orientation
2. Add two insets that contain the details of each end of the assembly (See image 1 below)
3. Turn off the borders for both insets
4. Move the main view of the assembly outside the page (again see image 1)
5. Now create a 2D figure from this 3D figure
6. Hide the two inset views and select/delete the unwanted main view
7. Unhide the insets and manually add the curved lines to indicate the truncated view (Image 2 shows a very rough example)

Hopefully that gives you enough detail to get the view you are looking for.

Image 1

Image 2

[Ramon_Bohne]

Hello agarland,

thank you very much, that looks good and works almost fine.

One more question: how do I get the shaded images into the 2d figure?

Best regards

Ramon

[agarland]

Good to hear this works for you. 😊

To include a shaded image you need to check the "Include shaded image" option in the 2D figure settings.

When creating the 2D figure select "2D Figure settings" option:

2D figure settings

In the dialog check the "Include shaded image" option and set the required resolution:

Include shaded image

This can also be done for existing 2D figure via the "Figure Settings" button in the Figure ribbon:

Figure settings button

Might be worth checking your image quality setting found in Options>Global>Model, to be sure the output is of a good enough quality.

Image quality setting

This will hopefully get the results you're after.

Adrian

[Ramon_Bohne · Accepted solution]

Hello Adrian,

yes, that was very helpful. Thank you very much.

With kind regards

Ramon