4 Replies Latest reply on Jun 11, 2015 8:45 AM by Maxime Berger

How to grey out a component in a drawing (change appearance)?

Maxime Berger Jun 10, 2015 4:23 PM

Hi Guys,

I have a nexploded view in my drawing and I would like to grey out (color in grey) just one of a component of the exploded assembly. I know I can change the layer of the phantom line but I would prefer to grey out the entire component. How can I do that, the appearance option is not available in the drawing...

Thanks,

Re: How to grey out a component in a drawing (change appearance)?

Ricardo Diaz Jun 10, 2015 4:34 PM (in response to Maxime Berger)

try giving that file a new display state with HLR/HLRV setting on in drawings.
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- Re: How to grey out a component in a drawing (change appearance)?
  
  Maxime Berger Jun 10, 2015 5:19 PM (in response to Ricardo Diaz)
  
  Hi Ricardo,
  
  I tried your option and it was nice, at the same time it lets me think that you can simply change the color of a new layer to a ligther gray.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Max.
  
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Re: How to grey out a component in a drawing (change appearance)?

Glenn Schroeder Jun 11, 2015 8:17 AM (in response to Maxime Berger)

There is another option that might work for you. Right-click on the component in the drawing view, or in the tree, and choose "Component Line Font..." from the drop-down. That will bring up the dialog box shown below. Un-check "Use document defaults" and then you can assign a Layer color for the model edges. Be aware that "All views" at the bottom will be checked by default. If you have multiple instances of the part in the drawing, but only want this change to affect one of them, then you'll need to select "From selection" instead.
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- Re: How to grey out a component in a drawing (change appearance)?
  
  Maxime Berger Jun 11, 2015 8:45 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Thanks, it works.
  
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