Part transparency?

scott_curtis822

I'll apologize in advance for coming at this from a SolidWorks perspective...

Is there a way to change the way a part appears in an assembly so that it is transparent? This is valuable in SW as it allows you to visualize component relationships inside of other components, without actually hiding anything.

Narayan_K

@ scott_curtis822 ,You can make entire assembly transparent by selecting Translucent option as below,

Also you can make all parts other than one part transparent using Isolate option by right clicking on particular part,


To make one part transparent,you can change the transparency of particular part in part studio it self.

robert_morris

Currently you can't do this within the assembly, but you can change the transparency of the part in the parts studio and then it will also be transparent in the assembly. I think there is a Improvement Request for this already. You can search for it and vote on it - the more votes it gets, the more likely that they are to add it.

To edit the transparency of the part in the part studio, right-click on the part name or the part itself and select 'Edit appearance'.

Narayan_K

@ scott_curtis822 ,You can make entire assembly transparent by selecting Translucent option as below,

Also you can make all parts other than one part transparent using Isolate option by right clicking on particular part,


To make one part transparent,you can change the transparency of particular part in part studio it self.

StephenG

It should be possible to override (attach different appearance attributes) a part's appearance attributes on individual instances of it in an assembly. 

anton_kalisiak

So i see this is a pretty OLD thread, has there been any progress to easily make a single part transparent while in the Assembly studio or is it still this convoluted method as shown above that only allows the opposite?

MBartlett21

If you open the BOM, you can change the appearance in there
@anton_kalisiak

chrisjh777

@anton_kalisiak Vote for the Improvement Request regarding this issue here:  https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/1762/make-part-transparent-in-assembly#latest

StephenG

Changing the appearance from the BOM is equivalent to changing the appearance of the part.

What is needed is the ability to specify an appearance override of part instances in the assembly. This appearance override is something that would be saved in the assembly's configuration (if and when there is such a thing as assy configs).