Hi, NEILD!
Yes, I've tried this before as it was described in earlier posts...but I need to know deeper!!!
By Q STYF =123/456 we get RRUL and STYL!!! But STYL has it's own references too. It refers to LINEST for example in my case! And STYL has frontface LINEST, obstruction LINEST and etc. So I need to know the LINEST by which my design element is drawn!
Yes, sure I can jump to STYL attributes and...there I find the set of diferent lines: front face, obstruction, centerline...but how to know which line is used for exact branch for example??? I mean my branch is hidden by panel for example and it should be drawn by obstruction pen, but if there is no panel it's drawn by frontface! Yes, I'm able to see it on display :))) but I need to recognize the exact line in my PML code.
Yes, I think all of that sounds crazy :))) but I want to get deep of how PDMS draw everything.
No, it's not my curiosity :))) In that I'm trying to find the solution. Ok, I try to describe the problem as it appeared.
Some of pipes (branches) should be drawn in one line in our drawings, it depends on bore of branch and scale of view. No problem - Local rule manages with that. And my pipes are drawn in one line, in fact they are drawn in centerline of appropriate STYL. And here is a big problem!!! What if my pipe is hidden by another object??? I need to draw pipe in dashed line (it shoud be one line still) in that case, but in fact I get the same SOLID centerline. The obscuredline adjustment doesn't affect on centerline.
Sorry for my poor English...I think that sometimes it's really hard to understand what I mean :)
Ohhhh... I didn't even know how bad my english is :))))
Sergey, we use 12.0SP5.5, so manuals pages don't correspond...
As I can see from your attached jpeg You show me pipe drawn in frontface with it full volume...and IT IS NOT IN CENTER LINE!!! And then of course your pipe under some object is drawn with obstruction pen! Try to draw the pipe in ONE LINE (it'll be center line) and you'll see that it doesn't change it's behavior when hidden by object!!!
Thanks...
Hi Andy17
it works by me....with center line also
jump to your STYL
Bfpen 3
Obpen 3
and then update view
from manual:
• Backface Pen. In hidden line VIEWs, this attribute controls the pen to be used to draw the rear edges of items (set to OFF by default). Set directly, e.g.
BFPEN 3 (or BFPN 3) - use pen 3 for the backface
BFPEN would normally be set OFF for hidden line VIEWs
more:
• Obscured Pen. In global hidden line VIEWs, this attribute controls the pen to be used to draw the front-facing edges of items that would otherwise be obscured by other objects (set to OFF by default). Set directly, e.g.
OBPEN 3 (or OBPN 3)
