Ring around cosmetic thread in SW2004

[Jay2004]

Whenever I draw a part with a cosmetic thread, such as a threaded hole in a square block, the software displays a black ring the same size as the major diameter of the thread. When I apply material or color, the ring remains. It is as if it is projecting the major diameter to just above the part surface. Really....it does...I am not imagining things!

Is there a setting that I need to change or am I just stuck with "ring around the thread"?

Thanks for your time and any help or suggestions!

Jay

 

[Roller1]

Jay,

You can get rid of the 'ring' by turning off 'all annotations' under the 'view' menu.

 

[Jay2004]

Thanks...worked great. I hate when I only have to be 10% smarter than the software that I am attempting to run, and I still manage to fail miserably!

Thanks for the reply!

Jay

 

[charbroil]

I love the pseudo-thread texture Solidworks uses when you have a cosmetic thread. It’s the dashed circle that’s visible from every view that I can’t stand. No matter what view I rotate my model to, those cosmetic circles are visible through the solid and serve only to confuse. They can get incredibly distracting.

Is there a way to quickly turn those off and still have my fake threads inside the tapped holes?


"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."
Goodfellas Special Edition arrives August 17. We Gotta toughen this kid up.

 

[Creigbm]

If you go through and hide the cosmetic threads in each hole wizard feature, then you will only see the texture.

 

[charbroil]

Creigbm, thanks for the response. Are you talking about the 3rd sketch underneath the hole wiz feature in the Assembly Tree? I’ve tried that. It seems like whatever I can do to hide the dashed circles also makes the thread texture go away as well.

Could this be a Service Pack issue? We’re running SW2004 with SP0.0 (!) I know I know...

I’m embarrassed to say that my company just granted our Engineering Dept internet use so now I actually have access to the Service Packs. I’m ready to install SP4.1 but I have to cajole the source discs from the clutches of the powers-that-be.

I’ve been gun shy about asking many questions because of this—I’m hoping many of the things that I’m seeing can be quickly remedied by a good Service Pack upgrade.


"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."
Goodfellas Special Edition arrives August 17. We Gotta toughen this kid up.

 

[SBaugh]

In the next release of SW instead of you having to ask for the CD's. You could either Copy the CD's to your HDD or the [red]more preferable way[/red] is to make an Admin Image on your HDD. Then install SW from there. Now you can install a SP and not need the CD's. If you copied the CD's to your HDD, then, you will have to keep those CD's on your HDD.

As for your first question - Check out the Fixed SPR's at the SW website to see if they fixed your issue, that's why put that information out there. It's for your benefit and piece of mind. You should be running the latest SP anyhow.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

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