AutoCAD/hidden line

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Expert: - 1/28/2007


Question
Hi
Suppose that I have drawn a cubic solid which contains a hole!. Now, how can I show thw hidden lines(correspounding to the hole) in front view or other view ports?
thanks

Answer
Again, Ni, I need to know what version of AutoCAD, but at least this time, you gave me an idea of what problem you are encountering.  

Unless you are using a program like Inventor or Mechanical Desktop, you won't be able to automatically show a 2-D drafting version of a solid model unless you create a 2-D version of it separately.  You can see the solid model as a wireframe and dimension that, but there are no tools provided with "vanilla" AutoCAD that do what you ask.

Sorry I don't have better news.  

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I can address all 2-D questions and some 3-D questions. I do programming in AutoLISP if it doesn`t involve solid modeling. I can also address menu customization issues and can help you find answers to questions I can`t answer by taking your question directly to Autodesk via their newsgroups.

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