You can move parts and they show up real-time in the xray.
I was once told it was so you could "see interferences". I told them that's
what the interference tool and the assembly section tools were for. They
stopped talking at that point
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"Kent Keller" wrote in message
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> One of the purposes for ground shadow is to be able to see both a
wireframe and a shaded
> view at the same time. It is basically like a Xray view. I do remember
hearing a use
> for the "Xray" view but it eludes me now.
>
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> "JDMATHER" wrote in message
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> > My guess would be because SolidWorks has it.
> > I went to a SolidWorks 2004 demo recently where they showed off
cosmetic bitmap
> representation of threads. The crowd oh and ahed, but the presenter
commented that he
> thought it was totally useless, and probably ony added because Inventor
had it, but it
> looks kool.
> > Doesn't matter what the product is, and most people probably won't
admit it, but kool
> sells seats.
> > Only after your committed do you find the limitations.
> >
>
>