Chapter 5: Using Visualization Techniques
- Select the features Extrude1, Fillet7, and Fillet6 from the FeatureManager so that
they are displayed in the Selection list of the Appearances window. Select a color
from the BibleColors swatch palette that you have just created. - Click the check mark icon to accept the changes and clear the Selection list.
- Select the inside face of the large cylindrical hole through the part and assign a
separate color to the face. - Click the check mark icon to accept the changes, and click the red X icon to exit the
command. - Expand the Display pane (upper-right area of the FeatureManager). You should see
color and transparency symbols for the overall part, and color symbols for three features.
There is no indication of the face color that is applied. - Remove the colors. Open the Appearances window again, re-select the three features
(Extrude1, Fillet7, and Fillet6), and click the Remove Color button below the Selection
list. Do the same with the colored face. Return the part transparency to fully opaque. - Click the check mark icon to accept the changes.
- Change the edge display to Shaded (without edges). Then change to a Wireframe
mode. Finally, change back to Shaded with Edges. - Choose View ➪ Display ➪ Tangent Edges as Phantom. Figure 5.25 shows the difference
between Tangent Edges Visible, as Phantom, and Removed settings.
Tip
Using the Tangent Edges as Phantom setting is a quick and easy way to look at a model to determine whether
face transitions are tangent. It does not help to distinguish between tangency and curvature continuity; you
need to use Zebra Stripes for that. n
- Switch back to Shaded display.
- If you do not have a RealView-capable computer, then skip this step. Ensure that the
RealView button in the View toolbar is depressed. Click the Appearances/Scenes tab on
the Task Pane to the right of the graphics window. Expand Appearances ➪ Metal ➪ Steel;
then in the lower pane, scroll down to the Cast Carbon Steel appearance. - Turn the part over, select the bottom face, and drag and drop the appearance from
the Task Pane. Apply the appearance just to the bottom face using the popup toolbar
that appears. The rest of the part should retain the semi-reflective surface, as shown in
Figure 5.26. Click the check mark icon to accept the change. - Click the Section View button on the View toolbar. Drag the arrows in the middle of
the section plane back and forth with the cursor to move the section dynamically through
the part, as shown in Figure 5.27. - Select the check box next to the Section 2 panel name and create a second section
that is perpendicular to the first. - Click the green check mark icon to accept the section. Notice that while in the Section
View PropertyManager, the RealView material does not display, but once you close the
dialog box, RealView returns.