Have a look at the attached pictures. In an assembly I used a hole wizard feature to cut a hole in the invisible face. I then used a linear pattern at the assembly level to pattern the hole at a spacing of three inches. Both features are propagated to the part. After the creation of the pattern the face appeared 'see through'.
Does anyone know what is happening here?
Hi Dean. Yeah that is a strange happening. I couldn't see why it's doing this. It would be great to understand why Solidworks does what it does some times. In order to avoid any wierd happenings again in the future. But this looks like one of those time when you just scratch your head delete the problem feature and re-do it to see if it repeats or works. If it repeats try something different. If not be glad and move on. Thanks, Daniel
Thanks for the input. I think for the minute I'll just be glad my flat pattern is unaffected...although this is confusing... I have one other part like this out of about 35 parts that are affected by the same features.
Dean,
Have you checked to see if in advertantly the face had it's transperancy changed?
What I find interesting is that the holes and face appear fine in the flat. How big is the assy that is driving the holes? Are you allowed to post that as well?
WT
The assembly with the features that define the holes in this part is 12 MB; the main assembly is 45 MB =] Its a little on the big side. I am in the process of fixing another problem (to stop the hole features to rebuild within the assembly with every change). I may post the assembly later on.
And if just suppress the Hole {7/16 (0.4375) Diameter Hole4} and linear pattern1, things seems to good.
Strange but I flatten the part, did a Ctrl + q (force rebuild) and finally back to normal state. Result: Part is good as desired.
Odd it didn't work when I did it... I tried a couple different things but no luck...Either way thanks for posting the part!
Hi Dean-
I get this happening from time to time on a solid, I've always assumed it's a graphics card problem as it appears to be purely a visual thing. As you've indicated with the surface area calculation, the solid geometry is fine.
Maurice
Strange but I flatten the part, did a Ctrl + q (force rebuild) and finally back to normal state. Result: Part is good as desired.