Hi
How do you turn off tangent edges when creating orthographic drawings? in P3D?
Thanks
Can you please attach snap shot? thanks
Best Regards,
Pat Andres
Autodesk Expert Elite
Plant 3D Administrator
GHD Manila
this is a I beam as you can see the tangent edges are visible how do you switch them off when projecting views (inventor and AutoCAD give you this function).
Has there been any resolution on this issue?
Dustbuster's screenshot perfectly illustrates the problem we are running into.
What happens if you change the visibility mode to outline?
I am afraid that might be beyond me...
In what interface/menu do I adjust visibilty modes? I cant find any reference to those settings throught the forums or google.
Thanks,
maybe structural steel was a bad example.
Very little of our steel is done in Plant3D. Rather, it is done in Revit/prosteel/etc and imported into the project, so there is no option to change the shape model settings.
I am looking for a setting that when generating the ortho it will pull siloutte edges but not tangent edges.
The ortho functionality will generate the hidden line view of whatever's in the 3D model. If the steel was imported as solids and it has these edges and ortho faithfully reproduces them. Your best bet is to see if you can output the solids as outlines.
so either my PFC doesn't show its root radius
or
the SHS shows the outer and inner(hidden) tangent lines
no option to turn off or dither the tangent lines
The tangent edges need to be put on their own layer so they can be turned off or made thin and light
What with this being the first release of the software, I understand why this hasn't been fixed/added yet ... ohhh hang on its not 2010 anymore
Has anyone worked out a viable workaround for this missing functionality.
Can this be added to the wish list ???
Can we expect this to be addressed some time this decade ???
While we are at it .... how about putting hidden lines on the objects layer with a modifier (somewhat similar to how supports are added on their own layer)
or at least split the 'Hidden' layer into Hidden_Pipes and Hidden_Other.
Also how about adding a selection button next to the hidden line options button to the ortho editor ribbon tab that lets us decide per drawing view (not per model) what shape model we want to see in that particular view.
Anyway back to the tedious task of creating documentation with limited tools!
tangent edges have always been 'gone' if you select outline model .... nothing new there
also note that outline model will still show tangent edges for any 3d solid or steel shapes from other programs
anything new on this subject ????
How hard can it be for the developers to understand that we need to output drawings with basic functionality like this. Stop with the new bells and whistles please and give this program the ability to create drawing views that dont look like a 5th grade school project !!!
separate layer for tangent edges the same as hidden lines would do the job, surely there is at least one programmer at Autodesk that is capable of doing this before 2025
Hi
first sorry for my impolite english,
¿can you tell me if this theme can be solved?
I had the same trouble, when i create a view of estructures, for example i attach some images
two tipes of estructure, but when we see in elevation looks very similar.
in the photo 3 options, the most acceptable, the wortless and the best.
have some idea?
best greatings
GVA
I have not heard of any solution to this as of yet. I keep searching the updates to see if some feature has been added.
The same as Gvalenz's screenshots- we need the first and third options, however the Ortho Generator only provides for the second ('The Worthless')
We have a large amount of W beams and HSS, and the lack of tangent edge control gives the drawings a distinctively 'plant3D' sloppiness. Putting tangent edges on a separate layer, like the hidden lines or the piping center lines would solve this.
There is a solution, but its a makeup (VERY FRUSTRATED)
CREATE ORTHO VIEW - CHOOSE OPTION OF ALL HIDDEN LINES - GENERATE THE VIEW - PICK THE VIEW (MODEL SPACE) - CHANGE LAYER - CHANGE LINETYPE - LTSCALE (FOR HIDDEN LINE) - EXPLODE - DELETE LINES
the engineer of Autodesk must create the option of SHOW TANGENT LINES (y/n) when everybody works in PAPER SPACE.