Solids in Mechanisms

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Solids in Mechanisms

Visibility toolbar > Solids in Mechanisms (and Part-Editor)

NOTE - there is not a Visibility menu


Use this command to switch between Show and Hide Solids in Mechanism-Editors.

Show Model in Mechanism icon

Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms - Enable

Hide Model in Mechanism icon

Visibility toolbar > Show Solids in Mechanisms - Disable

Planes also show when you show Solids in Mechanisms, which you may find inconvenient.

To hide Planes, use:

Filters menu > Display Filters sub-menu > Show or Hide Planes


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

Solids and Profiles in Mechanism-Editors

A CAD-Solid

A CAD-Solid

This is a typical CAD-Solid that you might import.

An MD-Solid

An MD-Solid

This is a typical MD-Solid you would sketch.

Show Solids in Mechanisms is enabled.

In Mechanism-Editors, you can see Pink Profile and Extrusion Elements.

MD-GA-HideExtrusions

This is:

Disable Show Solids in Mechanisms

In Mechanism-Editors, you can see only the Pink Profile elements.