Working with surfaces in assemblies.

[jamestRS]

Hey all. Ive got a model which I need to bring into an assembly, but it mainly comprises of surfaces, some hidden some not.

I have turned surfaces on in the assembly environment to be able to see the model, but that shows every surface in the model, some of which I want to keep hidden. I only want to display the surfaces that a currently displayed when in part environment.

How do I hide individual surfaces in assembly environment?

Thanks, James

 

[kjoiner]

Hello,

This is off the top of my head so I don't know if it will work but it's an idea. Take a look at the simplify command in part and see if it will let you hide the surfaces that way.

Kyle

 

[jamestRS]

Thanks for the reply. I have just tried this and doesnt really hide the part in assembly.

There msut be someway of doing this without dropping the parents of every feature and deleting the ones i dont need.

James

 

[fredericmenage]

3 options:
- create an intermediate part with a part copy (construction body) and choose which surfaces you need.
- create another part in the assembly and use inter-part copy to bring in the surfaces you need. After click 'show surfaces' on that part and not on the other.
- hide what you don't want and save as parasolid or step with the option 'export displayed only' and 'surfaces'.

HTH,

Fred