Frame generator - adding parts and detailing

[mjc_design]

IV2019 User

If I create a frame using FG, and add some extra plates to the assembly - when I come to detailing, how do I get these parts to appear if I use the weldment workflow? Hopefully the below screen grab will help illustrate what I mean - I want to be able to detail the angle with the extra 3 plates that I added to the assembly.

Do I need to do something else, like create a LOD for this?

Matt

[aurel_e]

1. Select that angle

2. Right click - Component - Demote FG component

3. Drag other parts to that new assy

It is not perfect but works.

[jtylerbc]

I think that @aurel_e's suggestion would technically work, but is overcomplicating it.  I would simply use View Representations and Visibility to turn off the items I don't want to show, leaving only the angle and the three plates showing.  

I would not suggest using Suppression and Levels of Detail for this.  Although they may look similar on the surface, the purpose of LOD's and View Representations are different.  The primary purpose of LOD's is to remove components from memory to save on computing resources.  If all you want is to control what is visible, not what is loaded into memory, then View Representations are more appropriate.