Topic: wireframe/hidden visual display / 3DCLIP

[grantech]

When I open a new drawing, by default all 3D objects look like the attached ‘bad’ jpg with the white background what it looks like when printed or a print preview and the black background in model space. There is a per drawing setting switch that is active so that they can look like the ‘good’ jpg, what is that command? Short of moving everything into a blank drawing template that already is set up like the good way, there is no way that I know of to change the way the piping looks.

I have one more question. How can you turn front/back clipping on or off without going into the 3DCLIP command?

Thanks in advance.

[mjfarrell]

I think you are looking for:



DISPSILH

See AlsoControl the Display of Edges

Type:

Integer



Saved in:

Drawing



Initial value:

0


Controls display of silhouette edges of 3D solid objects in a 2D Wireframe or 3D Wireframe visual style.

0

Off. Do not display silhouette edges

1

On. Display silhouette edges
 

When turned on, DISPSILH also suppresses the mesh displayed when using the HIDE command in the 2D wireframe visual style.

Use the REGEN command to display the results.



and

NO

[grantech]

I figured it out!

Thans so much for responding, your solution unfortunately did not solve my problem, however it was half right.

DISPSILH must be set to 1
and
ISOLINES must be set to 0

when both these settings are set it solves my problem completely 

if anyone has a solution for turning on/off front and back clip via another command other than 3DCLIP that would be appreciated.

[mjfarrell]

glad to half help   

[Crank]

[...]
if anyone has a solution for turning on/off front and back clip via another command other than 3DCLIP that would be appreciated.

How about the DVIEW command?
(I don't use Autocad for my 3d-work and don't want to test it, so perhaps this is a stupid idea.    )

[mjfarrell]

[...]
if anyone has a solution for turning on/off front and back clip via another command other than 3DCLIP that would be appreciated.

How about the DVIEW command?
(I don't use Autocad for my 3d-work and don't want to test it, so perhaps this is a stupid idea.    )

Not a bad idea, only it's the long way to 3DClip-town

[Crank]

If it's possible, then a short lisp or macro should do the trick.

[dgorsman]

Yep.  Most of the tools out there to automate view clipping collect and pass arguments to the DVIEW command.