Hidden parts in sub assembly are not hidden in main assembly

[Koemi]

I created an sub assembly containing a certain part. This needs to be hidden when this sub assembly is placed inside the main assembly (capice?).

To make this possible I hide the specific part in the sub assembly and save it.

But when I place this sub assembly inside the main assembly the hided part appears again. Unfortunately I cannot hide this part in the main assembly, because the complete sub assembly will then disappear.

Is there another possibility to achieve want I want?

OS: Windows 10
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Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
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Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
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OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

[Koemi]

... and the same happens when I try to place a sub assembly in a main assembly containing transparent parts. They appear as none transparent.

[triplus]

capice?

Nop. You will have to be more verbose with the explanation.

[Koemi]

...more verbose with the explanation

Ok. I'll try

1. In a sub-assembly I place several parts, it doesn't matter what. Let's say a cube and a cylinder.
2. In this sub-assembly I hide the cube and save it. So the sub-assembly contains 1 visible cylinder and a unvisible cube.
3. Now I place this sub-assembly in a new (main) assembly.
4. In this main assembly the cube appears again so the cube and cylinder are visible.

The same happens when I use the same procedure as described above, but now I make the cube transparent and the cylinder is non-transparent.
In the main assembly both parts are non-transparent.

The same happens when I use the same procedure as described above, but now I give the cube another color than the cylinder.
In the main assembly both have the same color.

So my question is: Is there another possibility to achieve want I want? Without losing the workaround sub-assembly in a main-assembly.

[triplus]

1. In a sub-assembly I place several parts, it doesn't matter what. Let's say a cube and a cylinder.
2. In this sub-assembly I hide the cube and save it. So the sub-assembly contains 1 visible cylinder and a unvisible cube.
3. Now I place this sub-assembly in a new (main) assembly.
4. In this main assembly the cube appears again so the cube and cylinder are visible.

Can't confirm on my side. The Cube stays invisible.

[Koemi]

OK. Correction on my part. In my description above, I tried to explain in a simple way what was going on. In reality, my assembly is much larger. After your reaction, triplus, I have now done the same thing with a cube and a cylinder and I also see that it actually does work. Strange.

Also adjusting colors works well. Only if you make parts transparent in the sub assembly and save it. Then the transparency is not visible in the main assembly.

However; in my actual drawing (a larger main assembly) it does not work. The hidden parts do not disappear.

I have tried to get the result by using mux or create group. But the results remain the same.

I guess I have to live with it...

[triplus]

OK. Correction on my part. In my description above, I tried to explain in a simple way what was going on. In reality, my assembly is much larger. After your reaction, triplus, I have now done the same thing with a cube and a cylinder and I also see that it actually does work. Strange.

Also adjusting colors works well. Only if you make parts transparent in the sub assembly and save it. Then the transparency is not visible in the main assembly.

Good to hear that.

However; in my actual drawing (a larger main assembly) it does not work. The hidden parts do not disappear.

I have tried to get the result by using mux or create group. But the results remain the same.

I guess I have to live with it...

No. You likely wouldn't have to live with it. As you i guess could just ask. With the information you provided we can only conclude it likely should work. But why it doesn't work in your use case. For that we ATM just don't have enough informations to start making conclusions.