topic Re: how to show transparent part in drawing in 3D Part & Assembly Design

how to show transparent part in drawing

BradKummer — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 03:00:49 GMT

I have an assembly and (1) part is transparent (sight glass). When I set the part to be transparent in the model everything is okay.But when I put the necessary defined views in the drawing it loses the tranparency and makes it a solid as well as changes the inside features to hidden

Re: how to show transparent part in drawing

FriedhelmK — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:28:53 GMT

Hello Brad,

try to set the Calc Mode to Classic + Shaded in the View Properties.

Re: how to show transparent part in drawing

BradKummer — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:06:12 GMT

Thanks for the tip. it sounds like the drawing view will be shaded. is this correct? I prefer to keep it as a line drawing with no shaded views in the drawing. The only option I can find is change the to component to transparent with phantom lines thru the view > drawing display > component display . This will work except that the outside line edges are phantom and I need them to be solid.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

Re: how to show transparent part in drawing

wdesmet — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:36:00 GMT

you can use part/workplane geometry styles under annotation>Setup>properties. you have to (manualy) select the parts that are behind the glass and give them the correct color and set the linetype to full.

then update your views (although annotation will not show the views in cyan, this is needed to apply the changes).

i know it's a little cheating and not user-friendly when you need to select a lot of parts, but it does work.

note that hiden lines of the selected parts are also converted to full lines.

Re: how to show transparent part in drawing

FriedhelmK — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:34:50 GMT

You could hide the glass in the assembly and create a second view with the glass alone and superimpose them.