Surfaces and drawings

I am not up to speed on surfaces and how to use them. I usually don't
need them. However, a part that I converted from Pro/E to SoildWorks
has imported as one complete surface. This works great for creating
assemblies (although you can't do interference detection or section
views). Now when I insert a view into a drawing, none of the surfaces
show up. Are there any tips/tricks to allow surfaces to show up in
drawings?

 

Insert, Model Items, Surfaces



wrote in @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

 

Matt: Thanks for the simple but effective answer

Mike: I have run this "import diagnosis" and foun that it works on
simpler parts. However, the part I am working with now has been
imported from Pro/E and is a complex casting with a lot of small angles
and radii. This SolidWorks tool does not work well in this application.

 

That's assuming that SW is set to make it a solid. In the Open dialog,
when initially opening the translated file, go to the Options button, and
make sure "Try forming solid" is turned on.

matt