by "Janes" <djanes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 8, 2008 at 03:45 PM
"Jason L =A9" <veor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message =
news:48230b5b$0$15183$607ed4bc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ok...I used to use this mapkey in Wildfire 2.0 and now in 4.0.
>=20
> mapkey v` @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
view;#VIEWS;#MOVE VIEW;
>=20
> I would use it to access the REPRESENT option and then SIMPLIFY. It=20
> opens a tem****ary window of the model which prompts you to select what =
> features you want to remove from views and the model tree. In the past =
I=20
> could select a feature (in my case from a group called "machining"), =
and=20
> it would remove that whole group, thus allowing me to make a "casting" =
> drawing from the same model as I would from the machining. Problem is, =
> that now it won't select the whole group, only individual features and =
> typically there are too many features to select one by one.
>=20
> Does anyone have any ideas on the proper way to go about this now. I=20
> know that by using a hidden and antiquated view menu (try out the=20
> mapkey and see)....that I would eventually get myself in trouble.
>=20
> Thanks.
> Jason
How about using the View Manager to create a Rep of the part that =
excludes certain features. Then you add this Rep as a drawing model and =
do views based on it. This is functionality that got added sometime in =
the Wildfire series, I believe.
David Janes
