adding parts in assemblies

[msledden]

I have one one assembly file that after I add a new part to it, the part ends up being hidden. I have to un-hide it to be seen. This is an older file that I started with and we are running NX6 now. I am not sure if there is some preference set that is causing the added part to be hidden.

 

[jerry1423]

I do not think there is a setting that could be toggled.
I am in NX6 and I have the following toggled "on" under prefences > assemblies:
Emphasize, display as entire part, warn on drag and drop, preview component on add
The rest are not toggled.

 

[msledden]

It is only this one assembly that this is happening. Any other assembly I have, the part stays displayed after it is added.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Check the layer status as well as 'Visible in View'.

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[jerry1423]

The only other thing that I can think of is to do a "part clean-up" it.

 

[hudson888]

If you happen to have your work layer set to a layer that is seldom used in your usual modelling standards, you have all the other layers turned off and you're adding components to their original layers then they may be invisible until you turn on some additional layers.

If you have visible in view set at all then you'll often struggle. In general it should never be used in the modelling environment although it has some application for drafting purposes.

Make sure you unblank everything as a precaution and perform a part cleanup. If all that fails and you have an assembly riddled with problems created by earlier users then the good thing about assemblies that consist solely of components is that the components can simply be copied and pasted to a brand new file. If that method works provided of course that you're working in native then you might want to save a new assembly and overwrite the old one.

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[msledden]

It isn't a view issue. I changed to different views and still the new parts are hidden after being added. I did a parts cleanup, didn't help. I am not too worried about the file, it is nothing that is going to cause a problem. More worried if someone works on it after I release it and they do not notice what is happening to it. Also all layers are visible in the view. I have my settings for adding a part to be the work layer. I have just never seen this before where a part is hidden after it is added.

 

[uwam2ie]

I had the same issue some times ago.
the mess was that when I added the component I was in the hidden / no show area and the parts added ended up in the show area while I'm in the no show

 

[JohnRBaker]

"show" and "no show" You sound like an old CADAM user ;-)

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA

http://www.siemens.com/plm

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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.