Composite Surface Issues in Drawings

[phlyx]

We have an imported part that came in as a composite surface model.  We have turned off the translucent state and in the model it looks fine, in the assemble it's in it looks fine, but in a shaded view drawing it comes in with some surfaces transparent and some not and we can't seem to find how to resolve this.  Also, we have a little alert "i"  symbol beside the composite but cannot find anywhere to see what this is referring to.  

Any help with this?

[JDMather]

Can you attach the file R30b_Mate.ipt here (or even better - the original file before import)?

[phlyx]

Took some digging but attached is the original STEP file this was derived from and also the specific IPT that we are having the display issues with.

[JDMather]

Hmmm, well the original file came from SolidWorks 2012 - so I opened it in SolidWorks.

When I ran Import Diagnostics in SolidWorks  - quite a few issues were found (7 of which SolidWorks could not heal).

It might take 2-3 hrs of work to repair the geometry manually.

Can you get the original SolidWorks geometry from the source?

Can you request that they read in their own STEP geometry as a quality check before release?

[phlyx]

We don't have SolidWorks here.  Kind of thinking this might be more an original source file issue than an Inventor issue.  Going to see if we can locate the original file in a raw STEP or SAT. 

Curious though, when you get that little "i" icon beside a composite file or something like that in the tree, how do you find out what that is referring to?  Hate to think Inventor flags an error but won't give you any specifics on what it flagged.

[phlyx · Accepted solution]

This is a robot controller box and got in touch with the manufacturer and got them to send a STEP file rather than the imported STL we were using.  Imported it using construction surfaces rather than composite, looked good as a model, same way in an IDW.  Re-imported it as stitched surfaces and same thing.  Then imported it using individual surfaces and looked good in the model AND looked good in the IDW views.  These are from two views in the IDW:

Thanks for the help but appears that individual surfaces did the trick!

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The part contains bad geometry. It needs to be repaired to be useful in Inventor. Please go to Repair Environment and go through Repair process. Or, you may need to recreate some of the faces.

Many thanks!