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How to look and work from the inside of a part
baumar
OS Professional Posts: 77 PRO
I would like to make changes on the inside of a part. The most simple example is a hollow ball where you would add something to the inside. I saw in some videos that it is possible to make cuts and then see the inside, but it was too fast to get how they do it. Is there a video describing this in detail?
Is it possible to set the view point to the inside of a part or assembly in order to view a hollow part or assembly from the inside?
Is it possible to set the view point to the inside of a part or assembly in order to view a hollow part or assembly from the inside?
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There is still the question if you can place 'yourself', that is the view point inside of a hollow part so you can inside out. That might not make too much sense for a tool, but for things human use like a house or a car...
Most cad systems have a default mode where the camera (eye) is a long way outside the geometry. 'Closer' or 'further away' is usually achieved by changing the 'zoom' factor and/or the perspective. Note that the camera does not 'move' and therefore cannot go 'inside' the part.
This is exactly how Onshape works.
If you would like to open an enhancement request to be able to position/orient the camera, please feel free to do so from the feedback tool (under the '?' pulldown).
I hope this helps
For anyone reading this that doesn't know, you go to the '?' dropdown and select 'feedback' and just type, 'this is an enhancement request for xxxxx'.
That will add your name (and vote) to the story and when implemented, will get you an email.
Of course, I already did that before posting.. I meant that my ticket can be grouped with others on this thread
Rami - yes, all enhancement requests from users are individually added to the 'story' in our project management system.
I just didn't get from the answer of 3dcad if there is an open ticket ("my ticket can be grouped with others") that I can vote on or if you are suggesting to better open a new one?
Any time there is something you need to do do your work, go to the feedback tool (under the '?') and submit it. Lou and his team do an awesome job of matching the requests to the existing (or new) stories. No other action required on your part.
I loved this feature in a rival cad system (It was designed primarily for architects.) This allowed a user to fly the camera to any point and even save the camera paths for animations.
I'm sure this will tie nicely into VR CAD. I can't wait to stand in, or next to, the thing I'm working on. Even a dour Welshman might have to use the term "awesome" at that point.
Cheers,
Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
Yes, a moveable camera location seems to be quite popular!
Also, isn't it better if we get a proper bug/feature tracker for these things?
I'm not against making it even better but I think there are too many things to improve before this..
So far I've only seen walk-thru in autodesk stuff, but it was a fun (mostly useless) toy for what I do. But for architectural models I could see a big want for this while presenting to a customer.