Making Weld lines invisible on idw's

[MikeKovacik4928]

Hi All

The orthographic views of a weldment in an idw is usually very messy - lots of lines representing the weld,

and mixed with the lines representing the edges of the object itself, tends to make the drawing difficult to read.

Is there a way of turning off the welds in chosen idw views?

Michael Kovacik

Inventor Pro 2020

Vault Pro 2020

South Africa

[Cadmanto · Accepted solution]

@MikeKovacik4928 

See if the attached link works for you.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/how-do-i-hide-weld-features-in-drawing-views/td-p/8350... 

Windows 10 x64 -16GB Ram
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[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! On top of the approach mentioned by Scott, you can simply create a Design View Rep and turn of the Weldment visibility. Make sure the drawing view is linked to the DVR.

Many thanks!

[MikeKovacik4928]

Thanks

I accept that as a solution, unfortunately the "accept as solution" button has vanished.

It worked in my particular case 1 (an assembly that only had parts inside it), but in another particular case 2 it didn't, the dialogue box was greyed out (an assembly that had a derived part and a sub assembly inside it).

Case 2 was the one I really wanted to do it in, Case 2 was the assembly with Case 1 inside plus the derived part.

How would I get it to work in Case 2 or get the dialogue box ungreyed out.

Michael Kovacik

Inventor 2020 pro

South Africa

[Cadmanto]

@MikeKovacik4928 

Is the view associative to another view that is controlling this one?

If so, uncheck that box to disconnect and allow control.

Windows 10 x64 -16GB Ram
Intel i7-6700 @ 3.41ghz
nVidia GTS 250 - 1 GB
Inventor Pro 2021