layer visibility in assemblies

[smitty239]

Hi everyone
nx 4.0.4.2 mp10

When you make a part in the assembly the displayed part and then display it's parent or higher level component all of the layers become visible is there any way to have the layers be left in the state they were last used? it's a real pain in the butt when you must continually turn layers off you do not want to see.

Smitty

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[JohnRBaker]

If you make a Component the 'Displayed Part' it should honor the layer settings used when you last saved the master model of that Component. However if you're actually making it the 'Work Part' instead, you might be seeing a different behavior which can be controlled using the 'Display as Entire Part' option found on the Preferences -> Assemblies dialog.

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[hudson888]

In addition you can manually swap between the reference sets where entire part will honour the original layer settings but only if the part is loaded to original layers. This condition can be manipulated using the component properties settings under the Assembly Tab.

The default behaviour is that if you move a component from one layer to another then the whole thing goes to the "specified layer" but you can change that back to original layer if you wish.

You won't gain access to the categories from a component in the context of an assembly however. You always need to make it the displayed part in order to do so.

So under the Preferences Assemblies dialog you'll see the Setting "Display as Entire Part" which John mentioned that you can toggle to cause a different reference set to be displayed when the component is made the work part in the context of an assembly. So if with it toggled on you load the component with the Model reference set and then make it the work part then the system switches to the entire part reference set. However if the component is load to original layers and some of those layers are turned off in the assembly then you obviously won't see some entities.

Sorry if the explanation is dense and confusing. It is really quite easy to understand when you get the hang of it but that can best be done by experimenting yourself. Putting it into words it seems long winded.

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[smitty239]

exactly what I was looking for thanks guy's

Smitty

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