I am working on a study and ran into something new. Some of the components are displaying a black and white checkered pattern. They don't display this way in modeling, only in simulation. What is this and how do I make it go away? It's driving my eyes crazy (it's a short trip I know). See attached pic.
I've tried removing all appearances with no success. The checkered pattern disappears until I save the file then it reappears. Also, this checkered pattern only shows in the study tabs, not the model tab.
Do you have a custom material assigned within the simulation environment? These can carry their own appearances that won't be shown in the 'model' tab.
Post your CAD file if you can.
The issue was indeed a result of a custom material. If I RMC'ed the material in the study and edited the appearances it was using the checkered jpeg for the texture. Strangely, when I edited the custom material itself the texture was set to wrought iron, not checkered. I changed the default appearance to matte steel and the checkered pattern finally went away. How/why it chose to show that pattern I will never know.
Previous to this I tried removing all appearances in every possible way I knew of. The checkered pattern would go away, however, after a series of control-q's and saves the pattern would come right back. I also changed the jpeg to something other than checkered, but it also would reset itself after control-q's and saves.
Currently, in the model tab the children of a patterned cut show a different appearance than the rest of the body. Again, I have tried to remove all appearances in every way possible, but eventually it goes back to displaying different appearances. I would say that appearances/textures are cumbersome, if not buggy. At this point I have declared a stalemate. The model has this weird two tone thing going on, but at least I don't have to look at that terrible checkered pattern anymore.
I'vebeen having the same issue and found that the checkered pattern appears on parts where the material has been edited within the simulation. Unfortunately the only way I've found to get rid of it is to start a new study that uses the materials set in the models.
Disabling the 'Hide excluded bodies and show study material appearances (requires more time to load a study)' setting in Simulation Options > System Options > General may also be worth a shot to overcome these challenges:
Just be aware that if you excluded certain bodies in your study, they will no longer be automatically hidden from the graphics area when the study is active.
Please see the following SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base (KB) solution for details:
Try editing appearance