Defining hidden lines in an assembly drawing view

How do change the hidden line status of individual parts in an
assembly drawing? The only option I can find on the Drawing View
dialog box is a global style option from - Hidden Line, Hidden Line
Removed and Shaded, but what if I just want some parts shown with
hidden lines. Also, is there anyway to change the linetype of
individual parts in an assembly drawing view?

 

SOLVIEW and SOLDRAW

 

The solview and soldraw commands only work on some 3d object (ACIS
solids) The only solution I know of that works on most objects is to
plot to a DXB file. Then you import the file using the DXBIN command.
What happens is that you are sending out to the file the same kinds of
commands as would be sent to a pen plotter. Thus, curves become many
little straight lines.

You must set this up as a plotter in your plotter configurations.

To get hidden lines, you must set the variable "obscuredltype" to 2,
and then choose hide as an output option in the plot window. But,
each dash of the line is a separate entity.

This is the only way I can think of to allow the kind of editing you
want on all AutoCAD object. You actually had additional options back
on version 12. Autodesk really has let the 3d abilities of AutoCAD
decline, perhaps to favor the Inventor program.

Joe