Clip cube section viewport and sketch or hidden line

[JMR]

Hi all,

 

If I try to make a 3D section viewport from a Clip Cube, the viewport on a sheet layer works fine until I try to set it to "hidden line" or "sketch" - then the clipped part always comes visible again.

 

Anyone else seeing this?

 

2019 VW Designer Sp2.

Edited February 6, 2019 by JMR

[David S]

@JMR Hello. I dont show clipped graphics in sketch or hidden line, but from recall i think these graphic modes are programmed to show the entire model. I have just repeated your operation and yes it is not showing the clip in sketch and hidden line. It will show the clip in Open GL. Is that correct @JimWModeratorTest

[JMR]

Thanks David.

 

Anyone from VW staff, is this working as intended? Could sketch/hidden line functionality be reasonably implemented to clip cube?

[Joe Marshall]

We are having issues with this as well...it's unfortunate you cant render clip cube drawings in hidden line for our working sets.  @Jim Wilson is this how it's supposed to operate ... or a bug that should be logged?

 

In the meantime we worked around this issue by:

• using open GL
• in the Open GL settings
  1. uncheck "Use Textures"
  2. uncheck "Use Colors"
  3. check "Draw Edges"
  4. Thickness (pixels): "1"
• Bump the ambient light up to max to remove shade and shadows
• change the clip cube cut to black or grey 

Edited February 25, 2019 by Joe Marshall

[PVA - Admin]

This is just a limitation at the moment, it is planned to let Clip Cube work in more places and in more render modes.

[blimey]

Hi everyone, 

Is there any update on the progress for being able to show clipcube in hidden line mode? It would be really usefull !

[Star14]

Hello, 

 

I agree with Blimey. There is any progress with the clipcube please? 

[isyme]

I am guessing that this is still an issue in 2020?

[thinkingpencil]

@isyme In my horizontal section viewport 2D objects can be rendered sketch by checking "sketch hidden line results" in "foreground render settings". 3D objects cannot. Which seems logical...

[line-weight]

I can confirm that hidden line and sketch still don't work for clip cube sections in VW2021.

 

Also, VW's annoying habit of presenting a void area in the section plane where two solid objects overlap continues. So you have to go around fixing all instances of this if you want it to look right.

[Bill_Rios]

Bump.
Seems this is still not a feature in VW 2023 SP4.  Does anyone know if it was resolved in SP5?  Been hesitant to move over to SP5 because of some issues on the Window's side with Spotlight.