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Separating Surface with Solid For viewing

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Hi all.

Is there a best practice for you guys who have used SW for a while to be able to make sure that the ability to view for each of the parts is separated? I'm having this issue with the wings that I've been working on and for some reason when I'm trying to view just the surface or just the ribs and I tried to hide either the surface of the ribs, they both disappeared. Here's an example. I'm going to hide the surface I circled in red below.

As you can see, as soon as I hide the views on the surface, the ribs also disappear.

Is there a best practice or a way to do the separation so that I can choose the piece I want to hide and work on? Please advise?

Jim Sculley Dec 8, 2020 9:24 AM

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Your model has only two bodies, one solid body and one surface body.

You can't hide features, only bodies. Delete (or suppress) the Combine feature and edit the Surface cut so that it cuts the LinearPattern1. Then your wing body and rib body will be separate:

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Maha Nadarasa Dec 8, 2020 8:54 AM

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Jim Sculley Dec 8, 2020 9:24 AM

Your model has only two bodies, one solid body and one surface body.

You can't hide features, only bodies. Delete (or suppress) the Combine feature and edit the Surface cut so that it cuts the LinearPattern1. Then your wing body and rib body will be separate:

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Le Dude @ Jim Sculley on Dec 8, 2020 1:14 PM

Thanks, Jim Sculley.

That was what I tried to do prior by trying to cut the LinearPattern1 with the surface but I keep on getting the Geometric Condition error. Thus I ended up using the combined feature per Maha's suggestion.

Mind sharing what you did to make it works since I don't have a clear understanding on how to make it per your earlier suggestion.

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Jim Sculley @ Le Dude on Dec 8, 2020 1:44 PM

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Le Dude @ Jim Sculley on Dec 8, 2020 4:54 PM

Thank you, Jim Sculley.

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Thomas Voetmann Dec 8, 2020 9:27 AM

When your part is rolled to the end, you have two items to hide/show. In your case one surface body (Surface-Knit6) and one solid body (SurfaceCut3). You can see them at line 4 and 5 from the very top of the feature tree.

Selecting a feature in the tree and hide/show it, it will hide/show the corresponding body, and since the Boundary-Surface2 feature is consumed by the solid body it is the solid body - including ribs - that is hidden/shown.

If you roll back to above the Surface-Knit4 feature you will be able to hide/show the surface feature because it exists here as a separate body.

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Krzysztof Szpakowski Dec 8, 2020 11:21 AM

Click RMB on surface or solid body in they folders and choice Hide Body/Surface.

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Your model has only two bodies, one solid body and one surface body.

You can't hide features, only bodies. Delete (or suppress) the Combine feature and edit the Surface cut so that it cuts the LinearPattern1. Then your wing body and rib body will be separate:
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- Le Dude @ Jim Sculley on Dec 8, 2020 1:14 PM
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  Thanks, Jim Sculley.
  
  That was what I tried to do prior by trying to cut the LinearPattern1 with the surface but I keep on getting the Geometric Condition error. Thus I ended up using the combined feature per Maha's suggestion.
  
  Mind sharing what you did to make it works since I don't have a clear understanding on how to make it per your earlier suggestion.
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Thomas Voetmann Dec 8, 2020 9:27 AM
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When your part is rolled to the end, you have two items to hide/show. In your case one surface body (Surface-Knit6) and one solid body (SurfaceCut3). You can see them at line 4 and 5 from the very top of the feature tree.
Selecting a feature in the tree and hide/show it, it will hide/show the corresponding body, and since the Boundary-Surface2 feature is consumed by the solid body it is the solid body - including ribs - that is hidden/shown.

If you roll back to above the Surface-Knit4 feature you will be able to hide/show the surface feature because it exists here as a separate body.
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Krzysztof Szpakowski Dec 8, 2020 11:21 AM
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Click RMB on surface or solid body in they folders and choice Hide Body/Surface.
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