Shaded with Hidden Edges – shows the model shaded with contour lines that appear on the other side of the model.Shaded – shows the model shaded without any lines.When you hover your mouse over the Visual Style flyout folder, you’ll see there are 6 different style options. Then, you’ll see the Visual Style settings all the way at the top of the list. Select the Display Settings icon, which is the computer or monitor icon. The Visual Style settings can be found by heading to the Display Settings folder at the bottom of your Fusion 360.
To answer this question we’ll have to take a look at the Visual Style settings. Why Are There Parting Lines on My Model? The parting or contour line on the left is due to the “Shaded With Visible Edges Only” visual style setting. You’ll also have to restart your Fusion 360 in order for the changes to take effect.Ģ. If you do check or uncheck this option you’ll have to hit the “ apply” button. Then, to turn this feature on/off you’ll simply need to check or uncheck the “ Active Component Visibility” option, which is at the very top of the list. From here, you’ll have to select the “ Design” tab on the left-hand side. This will open up your Preferences dialog. Turning Component Visibility On And OffĬlick on your username in the upper righthand corner and select the “ Preferences” option from the dropdown list. However, this was implemented because of Fusion 360’s top-down nature, where you can build all of your parts (as components) directly within your assembly file. This seems to catch a lot of users off-guard since other CAD programs don’t have this feature. If you activate the top level component, you’ll see that all the components within your assembly file will appear to be active – or have 100% opacity. This is done by default and is intended to make it easier for you to focus on the component that you have active, since that is, in fact, the component you’re supposed to be working on. Then, all of the other components will automatically have a lower opacity.
When you’re working with design files you’ll need to activate one component in order to work on it. To learn more about the components you can watch my video on the difference between components and bodies. To summarize, you can think of components as reusable parts or something that would exist in the real world. Whether you’ve been using Fusion 360 for a day or for a year, hopefully, you’re familiar with the concept of components. Why Are My Components Grayed Out? When a Component is “active” the other Components will automatically have a lower opacity.