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Visibility of components on drawing

sip

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Hi all,


I have a problem with one particular assembly. On the drawing some of the components don't show up. They highlight in red when I select them in the model tree. Anyone have an idea what I might try?


WF3


TIA


Sip
 
Sounds like your components are blanked in the drawing.


To unblank them go,view... drawing display... component display. Then click unblank and then click the view. All the blanked components on that view will show up. Then select the component/s you want to unblank on the view or on the model tree.


That's how it works in WF2. Hope that helps.
 
Thanks for the response.


That's the first thing I tried, but it tells me there are no blanked components. It's got to be something else.


Sip
 
couple more reasons


1. layers could be one reason, maybe it's blanked in a layer


2. sometimes if there is an interference in assembly between components they don't display in drawing


3. someone may have erased the lines of that component in drawing. Pretty unlikely because this require much time to do it, but anyway view / drawing display / edge display / highlight mode to see if there are any erased lines.
 
I've just tried creating a drawing and blanking a component with layers. Itexhibits exactly the behaviour described so I thinkVlad's first suggestion might be your answer.
 
Thanks for the suggestions,


I will have to look at these later, I'm gone for the day. Have a good day.


Sip
Edited by: sip
 

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