I'm sectioning an Assembly to check for clearance and when sectioned some of the Parts appear empty or shelled (when viewing directly at the sectioned face), so they just have a very thin outline, while other are solid. I've created all the parts the same way.
Any reason for the difference or how I can make them solid?
Thank you!
Wayne, thanks. That's a good thought, some of them could be surface parts. I created them all using extrude from a drawing, but some have cuts and shelling, so maybe that is the difference. Is there any way to make them all solid?
You need to look at the bodies folder of the troublesome parts and see if you have surface bodies rather than solid bodies. If so, you would have to go to the tree of that part and roll it back to find the point where the surface body was created. Then figure out what was not watertight in order to not create a solid. If you need help, post one of the parts here.
WT
Gart,
Have you created additional surfaces? If so hide them or suppress them and see if that helps.
I have seen numberous times when there are created surfaces those mess with the section views.
Well strange, I went to the individual part to roll it back and see where it might have converted to a surface body, but before doing that I took a section view and now it's solid. Then I reopened the assembly and the parts are also solid.
I had saved the assembly yesterday, so not sure what happened. I usually save or hit Ctrl B if things are acting strangely to make sure everything is updated, but maybe I missed that. Be good to know what happened for future reference.
Thanks.
Gart Bartle wrote:
I usually save or hit Ctrl B if things are acting strangely to make sure everything is updated
Use Ctrl + Q (force rebuild) rather.
This is something new to 2012. Even a basic rectangle revolved around a centerline appears hollow when sectioned. This is an "enhancement" that I do not like.
I've had the same problem. This fix worked for me:
From: Symmetry Solutions Inc [mailto:support@symsolutions.com]
Update for Case #2813 - "Section View, parts look hollow" John,
When you create your section view, ensure that "Show section cap" inside the property manager for the section view is checked.
Regards,
Aj Santiago |
Thank you for pointing that out. Saw someone mentioned "section caps" elsewhere but could not find out where to control them.
A couple things come to mind, but there are reasons why they don't make sense.
The first is that you have the section cap turned off, but that should affect all parts at the same time. The other is that the "thin" parts are actually surface parts, not solid parts, do to whatever. But you think you created them all the same so thus the lack of explanation there.
WT