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Is there way to control the visibility of a Mate Connector (MC) that has been Transformed/Copied?
StephenG
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MC entities that are included and copied in a Transform feature are visually persistent in the Part Studio.
I would have thought (expected) the transformed-copied MC's visibility to be linked to the visibility of the parent MC
Note: The keyboard shortcut K-Hide/Show MC's, and RMB-Menu options: "Hide all mate connector" and "Hide other mate connectors" only affect non Transformed-Copied MCs.
Note: MC's created via Transform-Copy are not visible when the Part Studio is instanced into an assembly.
Idea: Maybe MCs should get group-listed in the Part Studio contents list similar to Parts, Curves, Surfaces so their visiblible can be controlled.
I would have thought (expected) the transformed-copied MC's visibility to be linked to the visibility of the parent MC
Note: The keyboard shortcut K-Hide/Show MC's, and RMB-Menu options: "Hide all mate connector" and "Hide other mate connectors" only affect non Transformed-Copied MCs.
Note: MC's created via Transform-Copy are not visible when the Part Studio is instanced into an assembly.
Idea: Maybe MCs should get group-listed in the Part Studio contents list similar to Parts, Curves, Surfaces so their visiblible can be controlled.
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john_mcclary
Member, Developers Posts: 3,938 PRO
When a mate connector is created or modified with another feature (ie: Derive or transform) you will need to hide the feature that creates/modifys the mate connector.
In this case, hide the Transform feature in the tree.
If the MC is not showing in the assembly, then you may not have it attached to the correct part, double check the owner part in the original mate connector feature.
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In this case, hide the Transform feature in the tree.
If the MC is not showing in the assembly, then you may not have it attached to the correct part, double check the owner part in the original mate connector feature.
Hiding the Transform feature hid the copied MCs. I wasn't aware that a Transform feature, like the Plane and Sketch features has a Hide/Show capability.