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deckart · ‎08-26-2003

I've avoided using this aspect of IV to create final drawings for more than a year. I simply create my parts/assemblies and detail them in AutoCAD. I'm making an effort to use it now. I've successfully setup a drawing border and title block thanks to Sean Dotson's tutorials (thank you, Sean).

Now my question is. How do you line up views of different parts on the same sheet? There doesn't seem to be a way to associate a line from one part to a line on another.

Thanks in advance.

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

The short answer is thre isn't a method to align by lining up a common
or selected line between the part views.
You can accompplish this functionality by using a "construction"
sketch drawn to represent the projected line you wish to align by and
then moving the views manually.

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BioServe Space Technologies

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deckart · ‎08-26-2003

When you say "manually" do you mean there is no way to zero it out on the line? I can only just get it close?

What I have is a part within a part. I want the outside part to show hidden lines and the inside part to show only visible edges. I haven't seen a way to do this if they are part of the same assembly.

This is the functionality I need in a drawing environment.

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

Deckart,

Welcome to the (many) shortcomings of Inventors IDW
enviroment. This cannot be done and like so many other things in the MDT drawing
enviroment you gotta wonder why the great things in MDT were not bought across
into INV's world.

Disclaimer...

Before Sean sends the Inventor police around to my
house to upgrade my Inventor labotomy, I know Inventor is better than
MDT in many ways, but there were still a few really great time saving features
that could (and should) have come thru to Inventor 😉

Brian

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

Hey, it annoys the heck out of me too...

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http://www.sdotson.com
Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
www.sdotson.com/faq.html
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"Brian Corbin" wrote in message
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>
> Deckart,
>
> Welcome to the (many) shortcomings of Inventors IDW enviroment. This
cannot be done and like so many other things in the MDT drawing enviroment
you gotta wonder why the great things in MDT were not bought across into
INV's world.
>
> Disclaimer...
> Before Sean sends the Inventor police around to my house to upgrade my
Inventor labotomy, I know Inventor is better than MDT in many ways, but
there were still a few really great time saving features that could (and
should) have come thru to Inventor 😉
>
> Brian

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

Hey guys,

Remember the comment last week about crashing while saving? "NICE!" is not what I was just thinking as I lost a complete IDW because I wanted to be safe. That's got to be the nastiest "Feature that's ever been put into a piece of s............ OK, SOFTWARE. It's actually worse than some viruses.

Just venting before going home in disgust.

Tom

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

> Hey, it annoys the heck out of me too...

LOL, Cool so we can expect to see Sdotson using MDT soon. Hows yer LISP
coding hehe..
Meant no offence Sean, just sometimes any idea that came from MDT gets kinda
jumped on in here regardless if it was good functionality or not. And
looking at some of the great things in MDT that are missing in INV it would
seem the developers felt that way too.

Brian

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

While some may have that attitude Brian I do see some good coming from MDT.

However many people want features from MDT put into IV just because they
miss them. Just because it was there is not always a good reason. We need
to move forward (sometimes taking stuff with us) but often by leaving the
baggage behind.

If that weren't the case we'd still be driving carbureted cars. (Well at
least for our daily drivers)

--
Sean Dotson, PE
http://www.sdotson.com
Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
www.sdotson.com/faq.html
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"Brian Corbin" wrote in message
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>
>
>
> > Hey, it annoys the heck out of me too...
>
> LOL, Cool so we can expect to see Sdotson using MDT soon. Hows yer LISP
> coding hehe..
> Meant no offence Sean, just sometimes any idea that came from MDT gets
kinda
> jumped on in here regardless if it was good functionality or not. And
> looking at some of the great things in MDT that are missing in INV it
would
> seem the developers felt that way too.
>
> Brian
>
>

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

">
> However many people want features from MDT put into IV just because they
> miss them. Just because it was there is not always a good reason. We
need
> to move forward (sometimes taking stuff with us) but often by leaving the
> baggage behind.
>
> If that weren't the case we'd still be driving carbureted cars. (Well at
> least for our daily drivers)

True, I would rather drive my holley carbed 327 Chev powered Holden Monaro
to work every day than my wifes fuel injected Daihatsu (apart from having to
invest in BP to weekly fuel the thing!)

P.S for those who don't know what a Monaro is, check here to see what you
have been missing out on....
http://www.aussiecoupes.com/monaro.html

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

For those that don't know Holden they will soon enough

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/cd154875757e0a86ca256b7300
7d8488

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http://www.sdotson.com
Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
www.sdotson.com/faq.html
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"Brian Corbin" wrote in message
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>
> ">
> > However many people want features from MDT put into IV just because they
> > miss them. Just because it was there is not always a good reason. We
> need
> > to move forward (sometimes taking stuff with us) but often by leaving
the
> > baggage behind.
> >
> > If that weren't the case we'd still be driving carbureted cars. (Well
at
> > least for our daily drivers)
>
>
> True, I would rather drive my holley carbed 327 Chev powered Holden Monaro
> to work every day than my wifes fuel injected Daihatsu (apart from having
to
> invest in BP to weekly fuel the thing!)
>
> P.S for those who don't know what a Monaro is, check here to see what you
> have been missing out on....
> http://www.aussiecoupes.com/monaro.html
>
>
>

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

MAN, I'd rather have the Crewman than the Monaro!

Gary Marzetti

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

Are you saying that in MDT you can turn off hidden line display of only certain
parts in a view?

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Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com

"Brian Corbin" wrote in message
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>
> Deckart,
>
> Welcome to the (many) shortcomings of Inventors IDW enviroment. This cannot be
done and like so many other things in the MDT drawing enviroment you gotta
wonder why the great things in MDT were not bought across into INV's world.
>
> Disclaimer...
> Before Sean sends the Inventor police around to my house to upgrade my
Inventor labotomy, I know Inventor is better than MDT in many ways, but there
were still a few really great time saving features that could (and should) have
come thru to Inventor 😉
>
> Brian

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

NM, I just figured that out. That would have been very helpful 2 days ago. 🙂

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com

"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
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> Are you saying that in MDT you can turn off hidden line display of only
certain
> parts in a view?
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
> "Brian Corbin" wrote in message
> news:CB90B23E50C4140E919A947C7FC2D26E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> >
> > Deckart,
> >
> > Welcome to the (many) shortcomings of Inventors IDW enviroment. This cannot
be
> done and like so many other things in the MDT drawing enviroment you gotta
> wonder why the great things in MDT were not bought across into INV's world.
> >
> > Disclaimer...
> > Before Sean sends the Inventor police around to my house to upgrade my
> Inventor labotomy, I know Inventor is better than MDT in many ways, but there
> were still a few really great time saving features that could (and should)
have
> come thru to Inventor 😉
> >
> > Brian
>
>

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2003

> Are you saying that in MDT you can turn off hidden line display of only
certain
> parts in a view?

I wrote a lisp utility for MDT that allows you to select a part in a view
and turn off hidden lines represented in that view for the part that you
selected.

Solidworks allows you to control hidden line visibility in a view on
part-by-part or feature-by-feature basis.

IV out-of-the-box can't do it nor can it be programmed through its limited
API.

Such hidden line visibility controls have been a long standing desire of
ours.

Dave

Anonymous · ‎08-27-2003

Would it be possible to get that lisp from you? I suppose you could post in the
MDT group.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com

"David Radlin" wrote in message
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> > Are you saying that in MDT you can turn off hidden line display of only
> certain
> > parts in a view?
>
> I wrote a lisp utility for MDT that allows you to select a part in a view
> and turn off hidden lines represented in that view for the part that you
> selected.
>
> Solidworks allows you to control hidden line visibility in a view on
> part-by-part or feature-by-feature basis.
>
> IV out-of-the-box can't do it nor can it be programmed through its limited
> API.
>
> Such hidden line visibility controls have been a long standing desire of
> ours.
>
> Dave
>
>

Anonymous · ‎08-27-2003

You have mail...

Dave

"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
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> Would it be possible to get that lisp from you? I suppose you could post
in the
> MDT group.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
> "David Radlin" wrote in message
> news:307A7E4E1AE65A741A79466597AFE8BA@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Are you saying that in MDT you can turn off hidden line display of
only
> > certain
> > > parts in a view?
> >
> > I wrote a lisp utility for MDT that allows you to select a part in a
view
> > and turn off hidden lines represented in that view for the part that you
> > selected.
> >
> > Solidworks allows you to control hidden line visibility in a view on
> > part-by-part or feature-by-feature basis.
> >
> > IV out-of-the-box can't do it nor can it be programmed through its
limited
> > API.
> >
> > Such hidden line visibility controls have been a long standing desire of
> > ours.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
>

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