topic Re: Does Special Menu still exist in AC23? in Modeling

Does Special Menu still exist in AC23?

Richard Morrison — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:45:48 GMT

I tried to activate the Special Menu in AC23 (there is still a registry entry for it), but it wouldn't show up in the list of available menus.

What I really need is the "Show Penetration Line" command. Is there an alternative to this now?

Re: Does Special Menu still exist in AC23?

Karl Ottenstein — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:22:34 GMT

Hi Richard. There is a preference entry for it in the Mac preferences, too, but I see the same result - enabling it does not make the Special Menu (or its commands) available in the Work Environment.

I haven't used this 'show penetration lines' solution in a really long time... ever since Solid Element Operations and improved trimming made it easier to model things properly. For example, way back when, it was easiest to model a chimney during design development as walls simply penetrating a roof ... and this Special Menu command made the roof edges at the penetration visible in elevations / 3D.

Re: Does Special Menu still exist in AC23?

Richard Morrison — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:40:32 GMT

Thanks for checking, Karl. Looks like it's going to be SEO then, although the penetration lines would have been so much better in this instance.