You can select which neighbor parts to show in views and also automatically extend the view boundary if necessary.
Neighbor parts refer to (optionally shown) parts that are close to the part that is depicted in a drawing. Depending on settings, the neighbor parts may be parts somehow connected to the part in question, or just parts that happen to be close by.
- On the Drawings & reports tab, click Drawing properties and select the drawing type.
- Load drawing properties that are as close to the ones you need as possible.
- Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings: Click View creation , select the view and the properties that you want to change, and click View properties.
- Click Neighbor part.
- On the Visibility tab, select the parts and that you want to show using the following options:
None does not show neighbor parts.
Connected parts shows all parts connected to the model object.
Connecting parts shows only the parts the model object is connected to.
All components combines the Connected parts and the Connecting parts options.
By extreme show all parts within the boundaries of the main and secondary part. This setting is affected by the value entered for View extension for neighbor parts on the Attributes (1) tab.
Main/Secondary parts: Main parts shows only neighbor parts that make the main part of an assembly or a cast unit.
Main/Secondary parts: Secondary parts shows only neighbor parts that are secondary parts of an assembly or a cast unit.
Main/Secondary parts: Both shows both main and secondary parts.
Skew parts: Yes shows skew parts as neighbor parts in the drawing, No does not show skew parts as neighbor parts.
Bolts: Yes shows the bolts in the neighbor parts, whereas No does not show the neighbor part bolts.
- On the Contents tab, set the representation of the neighbor part and neighbor part bolts, and which lines and marks are shown
- On the Appearance tab, set the colors and line types you want to use in neighbor parts.
- Depending on the drawing type, do one of the following:
Single-part, assembly and cast unit drawings
- Click Attributes in the options tree and enter a value by which to extend the view in the View extension for neighbor parts box.
Try different values and check which one suits your needs. Often too big values do not work very well. If you set the value to 0 , neighbor part extension is not shown.
- To save the changes, click Save.
- Click Close to return to drawing properties.
General arrangement drawings
- Click OK to return to drawing properties.
- Click View, and on the Attributes tab, enter a value by which to extend the view in the View extension for neighbor parts box.
- Click OK to return to drawing properties.
- Click Save to save the drawing properties, then click OK and create the drawing.
Example
In the following example, View extension for neighbor parts is set to 100. No neighbor parts are located in this area.