To Show Hidden Components in OpenPlant Orthographics Manager's Output Drawing

Background

In OpenPlant Orthographics Manager, sometime some drawing model components hide behind the other components while defining X,Y co-ordinates for a view. But actually they are a part of a View in view arrangement definition file. User has the option to show hidden lines for such components in OpenPlant Orthographics Manager's Output Drawing.

Steps to Accomplish

1. Launch OpenPlant Orthographics Manager and select a project 
   
   
   
   
2. Go to Settings –-> Settings
   
   
   
   
3. Settings dialog will pop up labeling “Project Settings [Project Name]”
   
   
   
   
4. Go to “Hidden Line Options”
   
   
   
   
5. Hidden Line Options will be shown
   
   
   
   
6. Check “Show hidden line for all components” box
   
   
   
   
7. Save settings and close settings dialog
   
   
   
   
8. Go to Drawing Generation –-> Generate
   
   
   
   
9. Select a View Arrangement File and press “Generate Drawings”
   
   
   
   
10. Output drawing will be generated and user can see Hidden pipe line components in output drawing
    
    
    

See Also

http://communities.bentley.com/products/plant/design___engineering/w/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki/30083.how-to-create-new-view-arrangement-definition-vad-file 

http://communities.bentley.com/products/plant/design___engineering/w/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki/30252.how-to-generate-output-drawing-in-openplant-orthographics-manager

OpenPlant Orthographics Manager Help

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