Hey everyone,
I'm trying to make a complex transparent section view in Visualize. I have the basic idea down (See image below), but since I have the parts overlapping, the appearance doesn't look perfect (notice the "glitchiness").
I have the sectioned part ("FINAL ASSEMBLY2") overlapping the unsectioned part "FINAL ASSEMBLY") at the moment. Then I made the unsectioned parts
lower in opacity:
Let me know if there is a better way to do this.
Thanks,
Jake
Hi,
i would resolve it the simple way:
Use the same cut (but the outer side) to cut away the transparent part to avoid the overlapping.
Another idea: Cut away, but assign an other appearance to the cut feature, to make cleat that there is a cut. And get rid of the transparent and overlapping part.
I would split the assembly in Solidworks and then assign transparent appearances to the split bodies in Visualize.
The split will make it so you don't have overlapping parts, and the transparent appearances will make for a nicer render than setting an opaque part as less opaque than nominal.
Hi Jeff,
Ok interesting, so I would just have to use just one of the assemblies once I split it?
Can you walk me through how I would split the assembly? I don't see the option to do so in the "insert" tab or the "assembly features" tab. I've attached the solid model file
The quick and dirty method is to open the assembly in Solidworks and then save it as a SLDPRT. Open up the new document, and you can use the Insert -> Features -> Split function after you've set up your cutting surfaces.
If you're not already familiar with using surfaces to cut or split bodies, then you'll want to brush up on how to do that first. The built in tutorials are pretty good for this.
Jeff, thank you for your help, you were completely right. Here is some instruction I received from one of my friends, fleshing out everyone's advice:
Overlapping components within Visualize can indeed cause these artifacts. It is preferred in this case to section the assembly using the Split feature on a part level environment. I found that the easiest way to go about it is as follows:
Nice work getting that figured out.
The issue with surfaces touching is one that you'll probably find yourself encountering a fair amount. A simple way around it is often to simply shrink one component/set of components like you did here. There are some other techniques, but the shrink is probably the one to use 99% of the time.
A quick and dirty work-around to try is to take your un-sectioned part and scale it down (in all dimensions) just a tiny bit such that the surface doesn't overlap.No one will any the wiser if the part isn't "to scale".
Jeff, thank you for your help, you were completely right. Here is some instruction I received from one of my friends, fleshing out everyone's advice:
Overlapping components within Visualize can indeed cause these artifacts. It is preferred in this case to section the assembly using the Split feature on a part level environment. I found that the easiest way to go about it is as follows:
The suggested workaround is to slightly scale one of the bodies that share that contact within the SOLIDWORKS model before importing it into Visualize.