Hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw.

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jaisejames
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Hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw.

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Freecad version used :

OS: Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.8469 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: master
Hash: 40c79f18e4d63c86fa865c43f0276ee1cff00abb
Python version: 2.7.12
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

How can get hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw. Changed hidden lines to true in top view still, it is not showing.
Sample file attached.
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Re: Hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw.

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I have little idea about drawings, but here's a hack to at least get the necessary lines to the drawing.
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jaisejames
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Re: Hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw.

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DeepSOIC wrote:I have little idea about drawings, but here's a hack to at least get the necessary lines to the drawing.
But center, there will be no line. only two line per shape. Here three line. will be able to hide middle line?
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three lines for cylindrical shape
three lines for cylindrical shape
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two line for cylindrical shape
two line for cylindrical shape
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Re: Hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw.

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jaisejames wrote:How can get hidden lines for circular shapes in techdraw. Changed hidden lines to true in top view still, it is not showing.
The missing lines are what OCC calls "Seam" or "Smooth" lines. We don''t currently show this type when they are hidden. Will need a change made issue #2707.
HiddenSeamLines.png
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OS: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.8493 (Git)
Build type: debug
Branch: HiddenLines
Hash: 5f87cdbf9eba1052519bab896549afc90c1143cb
Python version: 2.7.3
Qt version: 4.8.1
Coin version: 3.1.3
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17-dev
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