Edit Component in Assembly Transparency

[Anonymous]

I used to edit a part within an assembly and Inventor would make all the inactive components transparent. That's stopped working all of a sudden, all other components are fully visible.

I've not made any changes to me settings (Application Options > Display > Inactive Component Appearance > 30% opaque)

I tried playing around with this % value but it doesn't make any difference to the opacity of inactive components, they are full opacity no matter what I choose.

I'm on Inventor (Build 284, Release 2018.3.1)

[MSD_takaseh · Accepted solution]

Hello,
Did you try to update graphics driver and run the Inventor Reset Utility?
Thanks,

[Xun.Zhang]

Close  Inventor and restart it.

Hope it helps!

[Anonymous]

Inventor Reset Utility did the trick. Thanks

[Anonymous]

Can you set the transparancty on/off? Can you de/increase the transparency?

[Xun.Zhang · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anonymous,

Yes, you can turn ON/OFF with application option below. 

Currently, you can set the transparency percentage via below setting.

[Anonymous]

Thank you

[Anonymous]

If I am in that editing environment..., and want to measure something, I don't want the inactive parts to be selectable. is that possible?

[Xun.Zhang]

Hello,

Try the Isolate command in the context menu which can help you out.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! To exclude the inactive components, you will need to disable them. Here is a workflow I would recommend.

1) In the top-level assembly, activate Design View: Master.

2) Edit the component in-place. Select the near by inactive components -> right-click -> uncheck Enable. Now, they no longer participate in selection.

When you return back top and activate a different Design View, the Enable status will be reverted.

You could skip step1 but it will alter the active non-Master Design View.

Many thanks!