NX8 : Plotting with object translucency 1

[JNieman]

Using NX8.0.3.4

I feel like I'm either missing something simple or desiring something not possible.

Using "Object Display" properties to change the color and transparency/translucency of an object, I can change the color and translucency of an object which then also shows in any views on a drawing sheet. If I have a 'shaded' view, it shows the color and the translucency. When I plot, however, the translucent object appears solid.

Is there a way to get this translucency to plot? Specifically, I'm attempting to Export to PDF.

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NX8.0, Solidworks 2014, AutoCAD, Enovia V5

 

[yanni24]

At least in NX 8.5 when you right-click a views border and go to View dependent Edit you are able to change the translucency of shaded objects that also will be shown when exported to PDF.

 

[JNieman]

@yanni24

Thank you! That was exactly it. It's a little confusing, at first, to have to "duplicate" the setting using a view-dependent edit, but I can appreciate the extra control. One thing this allows me to do is set ONLY some faces translucent, such as leaving the back face solid, or simply less-translucent than other faces. This seems very handy since a translucency looks good when using a dark background on the screen, but can appear extremely washed-out when plotted to a white sheet. So... at first it seemed strange or illogical, but after toying with it for only a few seconds, I like the extra layer of control.

Thank you, that was exactly what I needed to know!

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NX8.0, Solidworks 2014, AutoCAD, Enovia V5

 

[Alderfek]

Ok, my issue is that no matter what I seems to do, the pdf output is ALWAYS a non-shaded standard view. No translucency at all. Ideas ?

Kirk Alderfer
Designer
Meggitt Polymers & Composites
Rockmart, Georgia

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