How to make exported WorkFeatures invisible in the assembly

[oransen]

Here's a mystery.

I have an iPart (i.e. table based) which has two work planes which I need to be accessible to my program.

To make them accessible in my table I must export them in the iPart table.

But if I do that the two workplanes become visible (in the assembly) and I can't turn the visibility off.

Even if I turn of the visibility in all the members the workplanes remain visible in the assembly.

So it seems to me that exporting a feature from an iPart automatically makes the feature visible...

Is there a way of exporting features invisibly?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi,

This is not an ipart factory or ipart member related issue, but it is an assembly issue.

If the workplanes are not willing to be seen in the assembly you need to make them invisible there!

So I mean in the assembly set the manually invisible.

[oransen]

I think it IS a table based iPart issue.

In the part I set them to be invisible.

If I do NOT EXPORT the work features in the table then in the assembly they remain invisible.

If I export them (because my program needs them) they become visible in the assembly.

It seems to me that this behaviour is because is is assumed that if a feature is exported then it is because the human designer will need to see them in the assembly. But this ignore the fact that they may be exported for invisible use by a program.

[chandra.shekar.g]

@oransen,

Can you please provide sample iPart to test the scenario?

Thanks and regards,

[oransen]

Thanks. Where should I send the part?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

For me it is possible:

See picture:

Left is I part with workplane visible

Right is I part with workplane invisible.

This workplane is a user workplane and exported in the table.

[chandra.shekar.g]

@oransen

You can attach while replying in the same post.

Thanks and regards,

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Let me know if you need further assistance.....

[oransen]

The mystery deepens.

Attached is an iPart with 4 members, TEST_DISK.ipt.

Open the iPart and make sure the planes PianoSuperiore and PianoInferiore are invisible. Save the file.

Keep the iPart open  and create a new assembly. Place the iPart in the new assembly. As if by magic the planes are visible AND become visible in the iParts's window too!

If it does not happen with you I'll send some screenshots...

[oransen]

>> Left is I part with workplane visible

>> Right is I part with workplane invisible.

Thanks for the test.

How did you manage to get ine instance with a visible workplane and one with an invisible one? Did you modify the member files directly?

[bradeneuropeArthur]

No. Select in the iam. One visible one not. That's it.....

[bradeneuropeArthur · Accepted solution]

Set selection filter to "features"

[oransen]

Thanks for that. A humble programmer does not know all this stuff that a real user does!

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Appreciated...