Sliced Assembly Models display section caps in all gray, cannot view planar because of this

[JMR_Work]

My boss wants to be able to use Design Review's slice (section) functionality to review complex press tooling stacks.  However ADR puts gray "caps" on the sliced components. This causes the view to lose all definition when the viewpoint changes planar to the slice plane.  What would make a lot more sense and make this a useful tool would be if ADR used the color of the source components and a standard hatch pattern when placing the caps, rather than only gray.  Everything being the same gray color means it's impossible to see the parts distinctly, which is the main goal of the boss.

 

 

 

[pendean]

ADR is an old program from the year 2017 that Autodesk has stopped developing: sorry. It is what it is now.

Autodesk wants everyone to move to cloud-based solutions, the closest they got so far is over here https://viewer.autodesk.com/

Good luck.

[JMR_Work]

That's probably true, but short-sighted and foolish from my position.  We are a Vault Pro house, and DWF files have been the currency of trade in our large company for over a decade.  The Forge viewer they are trying to default into the Vault Client cannot print drawings accurately (only sends screen snapshots to printer!), so Vault users continue to use ADR.  DWF files are still a major part of a Vault Pro installation, Autodesk cannot ignore this.

And BTW, ADR is a lot older than 2017.

[pendean]

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@JMR_Work wrote:

That's probably true, but short-sighted and foolish from my position.  We are a Vault Pro house, and DWF files have been the currency of trade in our large company for over a decade... 

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Fellow VAULT Users might have ideas and options for you to explore if you wish to ask there https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault/ct-p/2004

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@JMR_Work wrote:

And BTW, ADR is a lot older than 2017.

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[JMR_Work]

That's the last time the software was updated.  ADR is much older than that.

I've been using versions of it since 2009, and a quick Wiki search shows the technology has been around since 1995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Web_Format#Design_Review 

[pendean]

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@JMR_Work wrote:

That's the last time the software was updated.  ADR is much older than that.

I've been using versions of it since 2009, and a quick Wiki search shows the technology has been around since 1995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Web_Format#Design_Review 

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Ah, you are playing semantics: sure, I totally agree, you are not wrong, but it does not change the reality it is a dead-end product since the year2017.

Best wishes.