Part (highlighted) shows that it is transparent in the feature tree, but it won't go transparent in the display area. If I make the sub-assembly that is assembled into transparent, that works....but it kills performance to make the whole sub-assembly transparent.
Hi Dave,
Try this method,
1. Click the arrow on the top right side of the feature manager tree to expand the appearances tab
2. If you have given the colorsin assembly, left click the appearances and click "Clear all Top Level Over Rides"
Make sure you didnt give any colors in main assembly. Or else try to find whether the display states are linked with configurations in the configuration Tab
I suspect you may have an appearance applied to certain faces in addition to the features. They are very hard to locate and do not show up in the appearance area of the feature tree.
Ok, I think something is broken here.
I too am unable to make subassembly parts appear transparent in my top-level assembly unless I first open the subassy and the make the part transparent there. SW ignores the command to make the part transparent in the top level assy, the icon stays "unchecked".
I am not sure when this started but I am pretty sure it used to work. I cleared all part appearances and have looked through options for a solutions but so far nothing. The result is the same in all display states. Any other suggestions? I would love to get this fixed asap because it is costing my time every day.
Thanks!
Cindy
Win 7 x64
SW 2011 sp3
Figures, as soon as I hit reply I tried "one more thing" and it worked! I cleared all top level over-rides in the top level assy as suggested by Phani. I didn't even realize I had over-rides and I'm not sure what they were but after clearing them I am able to make my subassy. part transparent.
Weird thing is - I just experimented and added a top level assy. appearance color to the subassy part I am working on and even with the over-ride it will turn transparent now. Little bit of a mystery left but at least things are working as expected again.
Thanks all!
https://forum.solidworks.com/message/232441#232441
This appears to have been fixed (at least on my machines) with SW2011-SP4 & XPx32
I noticed this same issue. I found that the option for assembly transparency became disabled when I was in "Large Assembly Mode". Looking through the help files confirmed that this is true. You can turn off large assembly mode under "Tools". The model will run more slowly, but you will get the assembly transparency option back.
Hope this helps.
Hi Dave,
What do your display states look like for this part?
Are there any configurations that are controling the display states?