tomhoban Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Hello all I am using 3dc 2014. I have two surfaces which overlap (existing surface and proposed surface). I would like to analyse each surface to check for errors, e.g.look at the contours, slopes, triangles etc. I want to do this one surface at a time but can not see how to turn one surface off. Turning on or off the various options (contours, slope, etc) in "edit surface style>display, will apply the changes to both surfaces. I have tried locking one surface but this does not work. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I have jobs with multiple surfaces and have no problems, use toolspace and pick surface by its individual name and change the style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEGAdevelopment Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Change one of the surface styles to "no display" under surface properties, while you work on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Change one of the surface styles to "no display" under surface properties, while you work on the other. 1+ If you don't already have a "No Display" Surface Style, simply create a new Style and turn off visibility of all components under the Display tab in the Style's settings. Name accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhoban Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hello all I would have thought I could have displayed or not by name of surface, but it seems it does not work this way. Both layers (a and b) had the same style and that is why editing the surface style, display of one surface affected the other. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Correct... If both surfaces reside on the same layer, then any changes to that layer will affect both surfaces. The only way to manipulate two surfaces separately, that both reside on the same layer, is to manipulate their Surface Style. You will need to create a "No Display" Surface Style, and apply it to the Surface that you no longer wish to see. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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