topic Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part in Inventor Forum

Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

foolishgrunt — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:46:40 GMT

I have a sheet of expanded aluminum that is superimposed over another part in a drawing. Because this sheet has many gaps, the part behind it is visible through these gaps. I want to hide everything behind the sheet. The fastest way to do this would be to hide the entire part that I have behind the sheet, but the problem is that I need the portions of this part that extend beyond the edges of the sheet to remain visible - so I want to hide only the portions behind the sheet.

As of now, I cannot think of any way to accomplish this except to manually select and hide every single line segment that is visible through the gaps, which of course is tedious and time-consuming. Can anybody think of a trick I've missed?

Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

johnsonshiue — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:25:02 GMT

Hi! Try this. Hide the top part first. Then window-select the edges in the bottom part -> right-click -> uncheck Visible. After that, unhide the top part.

Many thanks!

Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

foolishgrunt — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:07:23 GMT

Sadly, the lines that I hid from the rear part reappeared after I unhid the top part

Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

Frederick_Law — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:29:50 GMT

You took the time to model a see through mesh and now don't to see through it? 😂

You might need to add a "plate" to block the view.

The "Plate" could be reference in the assembly so it won't show in BOM.

Model State and View Rep might help.

Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

foolishgrunt — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:40:47 GMT

In every 3D view of this assembly, I want an accurate visual representation. But for this particular 2d view, I want the emphasis to be on the mesh itself - without the visual distraction of everything behind it.

I like the idea of a reference "plate" - I'll try that next time. As it turns out though, it wasn't as time-consuming to manually hide the lines as I thought it would be, so for now I got the results I want.

Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

Frederick_Law — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:50:08 GMT

Or Model State a "non-see-through" mesh.

Re: Drawing: how to hide only lines behind another part

SBix26 — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:20:38 GMT

I'm thinking that you might add a "mask" surface to the mesh part that could be enabled or not by Model State. The surface wouldn't add any mass to the part, but when included in the view will hide what's behind it.

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