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NOTE - there is not a Visibility menu
Solids are:
•MD-Solids: Profile / Extrusions that you add to a sketch-loop
•CAD-Solids: models you import from CAD onto a CAD-Line.
Use this command with:
Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Active or All Mechanism-Editors
Visibility toolbar > Solids Display Mode
Visibility toolbar > Show Solids as Orthonormal or Projection View
This command has two(2) states.
Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms |
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Visibility toolbar > Hide Solids in Mechanisms |
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Planes: Planes show when you Show Solids in Mechanisms (Visibility menu). To show Solids, but hide Planes: •Filters menu > Display Filter sub-menu > Show or Hide Planes Extrusion elements: To increase the quality of Extrusion elements, see Application-Settings > Graphics tab > Display-Options. Edit Lighting: To improve the lighting of Solids in a Mechanism-Editor (and the Model-Editor), use and experiment with the Mechanism Options dialog-box. |
![]() A CAD-Solid |
This is a typical CAD-Solid you might import and show in a MechDesigner model. |
![]() An MD-Solid |
Example of an MD-Solids •Enable Show Solids in Mechanisms In Mechanism-Editors, you can see Pink Profile and Extrusion Elements. |
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•Disable Show Solids in Mechanisms In Mechanism-Editors, you can see only the Pink Profile elements.
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