Which View do I need ?

JamesT
JamesT
in BricsCAD Mechanical
I have designed an extraction hood for catering but inside it there are some faces that I need to draw a square and a circle onto but you can not select the face in wireframe and draw on it. Is there a specific view I need to use so I can do what I like on any internal face. I hope that makes sense.

Thanks
James

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  • JamesT
    JamesT
    To put it another way if I created a box how can I edit or draw of the internal faces?

    James
  • Robert
    Robert
    Wireframe does not prevent you from drawing on faces.
    Is your "dynamic ucs" active (DUCS in the same bar as ESNAP).
    When this is active you can draw on faces.
  • JamesT
    JamesT
    My DUCS is on but even in wireframe I am unable to select the internal face. The image attached is an example. These holes are under the face you are looking at, I can not select the face the holes sit on and create more holes, yes on this example I can rotate it but on the project im working on you can not as they are internal.

  • Robert
    Robert
    Oh I think I understand. You can't see the face because its hidden by other parts.
    Well we have 2 things we can do:
    1. Set the model to wireframe, hoover with the mouse over the face you want to select.
    Press the "Tab" key multiple times untill the face you want to select is highlighted. Then left click.
    2. If your construction consists of multiple bodies and one of them is in the way. You can make it invisible by selecting it and using the (_hideobjects) command. Undo this by using the (_unisolateobjects) command.

    Hope this solves your problem. If not please post the model and Ill try to help you fix it.
  • Tom Foster
    Tom Foster
    " Set the model to wireframe" - or VISUALSTYLE 'Xray'.
  • JamesT
    JamesT
    Robert

    That has worked for the first part allowing me to draw a circle on the face, but I can't select that circle to extrude and punch a hole it just keeps selecting that face.

    James
    Robert said:

    Oh I think I understand. You can't see the face because its hidden by other parts.
    Well we have 2 things we can do:
    1. Set the model to wireframe, hoover with the mouse over the face you want to select.
    Press the "Tab" key multiple times untill the face you want to select is highlighted. Then left click.
    2. If your construction consists of multiple bodies and one of them is in the way. You can make it invisible by selecting it and using the (_hideobjects) command. Undo this by using the (_unisolateobjects) command.

    Hope this solves your problem. If not please post the model and Ill try to help you fix it.

  • Robert
    Robert
    James,

    If you have trouble selecting the circle you can do the same thing I mentioned in my previous post.
    Hover your mouse cursor over the circle object. Then press the "Tab" button until the circle object lights up. When this happens left click. The "Tab" button cycles between all objects under the mouse cursor.
  • JamesT
    JamesT
    Oh, I was trying to select the circle face which wasn't working but when I selected the edge of the circle it works, great Thanks for the tip. :)

    James
    Robert said:

    James,

    If you have trouble selecting the circle you can do the same thing I mentioned in my previous post.
    Hover your mouse cursor over the circle object. Then press the "Tab" button until the circle object lights up. When this happens left click. The "Tab" button cycles between all objects under the mouse cursor.

  • Robert
    Robert
    Good to hear! Goodluck with the rest of the model!