how to hide "contour" or tesselation lines when plotting 3d pipe

[N_461]

I've attached a jpg of what i'm talking about. We're using CADWORX Piping suite and can't (or at least i cant) draw a 45deg S-Bend riser.

 

Used bent command in cadworx and this is what i get.

 

ALSO, using a sweep i still get the same results, just with no smarts to the object. no biggie.

 

HOW do i display this so that the noted lines do not appear?????

 

I set:

isoline = 0

facetres = 0.5 (default)

 

in options, display, contour lines per surface = 0

 

I have also attached my VP Properties dialog box for your viewing pleasure.

 

hopefully this is enough information. I tried searching but am running out of time...THANKS!

[ReMark]

Don't those lines appear because the objects in question are separate entities? You didn't union everything together did you?

 

I don't know if I would refer to them as tesselation lines. That brings something else to mind for me. Maybe I'm mistaken. It's that whole terminology thing.

[Guest]

To my knowledge there is not a way to remove thoes linse aside from using SOLDRAW/SOLVIEW. It is only a line representing the transition from curve to curve.

[N_461]

In response to ReMark:

Sorry about the terminology, just didnt know how to describe them. This is one piece of pipe and to answer the second reply, in my mind they do simply rep the transition. I am waiting to explain this to our Eng but he's away or in meetings or away.

In response to Secretagdan:

i thought about solview and draw etc.. but actually never tried it come to think of it...i'll check that out and get back...

[N_461]

yah, i ran solview but that essential does the same as flatshot or 2dREP...2d rep seems to be doing the job but there must be some other way...

[Guest]

I have also looked for another solution to this, but have come up with nothing. If there is a solution to this, it would make my boss happy I am sure.

[ReMark]

Are they solids?

[SuperCAD]

Those are tangent lines. If you view your drawing in "conceptual" or "realistic" you can turn those off by changing your Edge Mode to NONE (VSEDGES system variable). The only way I can think of to hide/delete them is to FLATSHOT your view (and delete them if they show up in the block).

[ReMark]

Thanks SuperCAD.

 

VSEDGES

 

Controls the types of edges that are displayed in the viewport.

 

0 - No edges are displayed

1 - Isolines are displayed

2 - Facet edges are displayed

[N_461]

Are they solids?

 

 

Yes they are solids.

[N_461]

Those are tangent lines. If you view your drawing in "conceptual" or "realistic" you can turn those off by changing your Edge Mode to NONE (VSEDGES system variable). The only way I can think of to hide/delete them is to FLATSHOT your view (and delete them if they show up in the block).

 

Ok, so i set my VSEDGES to 0 but will only work if the VSFACESTYLE is set at 1 or 2. I usually plot of to HIDDEN because we work with B&W hard copies on 11x17. Is theere a way to set the colour of the style to the background colour so they would be displayed as if on the HIDDEN shade plot? make sense?

 

I need it to plot off with a Hidden shade plot, but I need the Viewport to just display the 2d wireframe (not the best computers).

 

For now I'm leaving it and am going to adivise my P.Man that thats how it is. Otherwise we have to either flatshot or 2d rep things into layout.

 

I played around with the Visual Style tab on the ribbon palette but nothing seems to work....unless i plot as a semi-rendered 3d model (Gooch or realistic)

I need an Easy Button...

[ReMark]

Why is P.Man so hung up on these "lines"? Seems like he's making a mountain out of a mole hill. If he went out in the field and saw a swept angle welded to a spool piece what does he think he would see?

[Guest]

Hey now my boss was hung up on these lines for a long time, and I finally got him to turn a blind eye to it. He is a sales guy so he is more worried about what clients think about drawings -- people who are not as savy with drawings as we are.. They are more worried about how 'pretty' the drawings are vs practical use..

[ReMark]

Weld seams must drive your boss crazy.

[N_461]

hey, there aren't any weld seams at all. we are representing a pipe bend, similar to what Triple D Bending produces - a seamless section of pipe. Weld seams are fine, but when it appears to be a seam when its not a seam-- i don't like it either but I accept it because I know its not what they think it appears to be.

[SuperCAD]

If he's just looking for a pretty picture to show his clients, then just FLATSHOT the 3D model. The tangent lines won't appear (or if they do, at least you can delete them).

[N_461]

If he's just looking for a pretty picture to show his clients, then just FLATSHOT the 3D model. The tangent lines won't appear (or if they do, at least you can delete them).

 

Aren't we all? HAha.

 

Yah my backup plan is to 2dREP the model (or flatshot) and erase the lines. Whatever our pool is more comfortable with doing.

[OLD SCHOOL]

In my experience with cadworx and acad, there is no way to hide those, as although it is one piece of pipe, the software still builds it up using solid individual objects. You can try create the pipe out of solids and manipulate the colour of the faces under "solids editing" to make them plot lighter. Keep the cadworx centre line in place for your MTO. Not sure??

[dumfatnhappy]

interesting thread. I messed around and after doing a hide command got this;

[N_461]

i've never used loft before, i'll give it a whirl. hopefully it works in our application.....