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Autohybrid - dashed "hidden line" doesn't work


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I want to show dashed hidden lines for hidden parts of objects below the cutting plane.

 

In autohybrid "2d appearance" control, "below cut plane" settings, under "pen" I tick "dashed hidden line" and choose a dashed line type from the dropdown list.

 

The hidden lines then become shown in top/plan view, but are drawn as solid lines, not dashed, regardless of which of the dashed line types I choose.

 

Am I doing something stupid?

 

(Thought this might be a 2017 thing but have checked and same happens in 2016)

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As an aside, I don't see why the hidden line style should be from a dropdown of fixed options - should be able to set it by class, so that I can have it apply my global "hidden line" type that I have a class for. Like all the other linetypes one can choose within the autohybrid controls.

 

 

Edited by lineweight (née col37400)
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But unfortunately it doesn't work when you want to show objects below the cutting plane as solid plus hidden objects below that as dashed hidden line. I've attached a file showing this bug.

 

(It would probably be better exemplified with lines that are farther apart, but I happen to be working on this object at the moment)

 

AutoHybrid-DHLv2017.png

AutoHybrid-DHLv2016.vwx

AutoHybrid-DHLv2017.vwx

Edited by Andy Broomell
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2 minutes ago, Alan Woodwell said:

This all works well but best used in the viewport. You have to have 3 classes set up with belo, section and above. Then in the auto hybrid OIP set them to use the classes and save it as the default.

will post a file example soon

autohybrid is great

That's exactly what I'm doing.

It's not the below/section/above linetypes that are the problem.

It's the hidden lines within the "below" part that don't work. All explained above.

 

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Confirmed. Did this as two separate items though, one wishlist item for direct class control of the above or below cut plane dashed HL style without viewport, the other a bug on even when manually setting a dashed hidden line style that it does not work at all for geometry below the cut plane which I was able to verify here immediately.

 

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