5 Replies Latest reply on Jul 31, 2017 10:46 AM by Luke Tansell

Sketch is disappearing into the Shaded colour of my part

Luke Tansell Jul 31, 2017 12:41 AM

Hi Everyone,

I recently upgraded from SW 2015-2016, to SW 2016-2017. So far I'm not a happy chappy. As well as changing all my personal setting without prompting me, the interface and part shading is quite different.

In my previous version of SW I preferred having the standard grey part, and the grey coloured sketches. From memory, i never ran into this problem with 2015-2016.

So, my part below is a very basic USB clip, and to begin with, the shading looks rather 'harsh' compared to my older version of SW (Going from memory as i had to uninstall it to install the new version). There's quite a bit of contrast between the white and the grey on the part, but I guess I'll just have to get used to this?

The bigger issue that's really just a nuisance and nothing more is that the sketches keep disappearing into the grey shading of the part. I've attached two photos showing this. It's needs the perfect angle to do it, but I don't remember it ever happening in my older version of SW. I've tried changing the colour of the sketch and the part (Without going too far off the grey as that's what I prefer), and I can't seem to get around it.

I've never been a fan of change, and i never realised such a small change would rile me this much, but any help is greatly appreciated!

Re: Sketch is disappearing into the Shaded colour of my part

Bjorn Hulman Jul 31, 2017 4:51 AM (in response to Luke Tansell)

Hi Luke,
as there are no images of your previous setup we'll be stabbing into a lot of darkness. However, you might be able to get things back to somewhere near where they were by adjusting your lighting, likely a directional light that alters the shading as you spin, try turning them off for starters and adjusting the ambient light.

As a tip for the future, once you have SW just the way you like it, run Copy Settings Wizard, part of the suite of tools installed with SW and copy your settings before doing anything else to do a 'save'. Then once you have the new install run the Copy Settings Wizard again and run a 'Restore'. I recommend saving the settings every month or two.
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  Luke Tansell Jul 31, 2017 8:41 AM (in response to Bjorn Hulman)
  
  Thanks Bjorn,
  
  Unfortunately my last three annual upgrades went super smooth, and SW kept all my settings. The upgrade to 2016 and the overhaul of the UI took me by surprise and I totally didn't realise before installing it. Really regret not taking more notice of my previous setup (Although, it's basically all defaults anyway)
  
  I'll definitely check out the Copy Settings Wizard, but for now I'm just hoping I'll find some sort of reminder of how my old view was.
  
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John Stoltzfus Jul 31, 2017 6:15 AM (in response to Luke Tansell)

Change your sketch color then you'll see it's not disappearing, it's only matching the part color and blending together. If you look at the lower picture you can still see parts of the sketch.
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Re: Sketch is disappearing into the Shaded colour of my part

Glenn Schroeder Jul 31, 2017 8:55 AM (in response to Luke Tansell)

It looks like your Inactive Sketch setting has been changed to gray from the default black. I have mine set to this bright color so they show up well.
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  Luke Tansell Jul 31, 2017 10:46 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Glenn, thank you so much! This is what was different! Back to normal, thank you!
  
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