Real Cross-section textures

[ad64]

For a very long time Inventor users have only had the option of "cement" textures on all 3d-model cross-sections. Does anyone else think that it's about time  for Inventor to add an option that would enable cross-sections to have the same texture or at least the same colour as the components they section. Not only would this be more visually appealing than a pixelated grey bitmap, it would make it easier to differentiate between the different sectioned components, especially when showing the models during presentations.

Steve

[cbenner]

There was a blog post or forum post on this several years ago.  Seems to me I remember someone had come up with a workaround for this.  Can anyone remember where that was or who it was?  

EDIT:  Found it!

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Inventor-General/How-to-change-texture-for-Section-View-iam-and-Slice-...

[Anonymous]

There's seriously been no progress on this in almost 10 years??

[cbenner]

Does this not work?  I've never tried it, but it seems like if it works, problem solved?

[Anonymous]

I'm not questioning whether this will actually work, but when the second step is 'Start messing with the registry', this ceases to be a workaround and becomes a dodgy bodge, especially when it's posted by an AD employee with a 'We disavow all knowledge' statement on the top.

The weird thing is that the hack itself suggests that an actual fix isn't really that deep.  I found one posting on the ideastation here with regards to this issue but it's only dated last year.

[cbenner]

Well, I would have to agree with you there.  I don't like touching the registry.  Have you offered Kudos to the Idea Station post?  It might not hurt to post a new thread here linking to the idea and asking people to vote for it.  The more votes, the better the chances.

[ad64]

From what I could tell, this work-around (if one could call messing with the registry a workaround) only substitutes the cement texture with a different texture. (I didn't want to mess with my registry to confirm, but this appears to be what the pictures show). It seemingly doesn't offer a setting where all parts have their actual texture in the cross-section (ie. wood texture on wood parts, steel texture on steel parts, glass texture on glass parts, etc.) That is really what I'm looking for - the ability to show each part's actual texture in a cross-section.

Steve

[mrattray]

And maybe some differentiation between components of the same material? You know, like a REAL section view?
Nah, that's craziness. It can all look like concrete.

[ad64]

Here's a link to an Ideastation page for this idea. Please vote for it!

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Inventor-IdeaStation/Slice-Graphics-Update/idc-p/5137066#M5336

Steve