  We derive an upper bound for the Assouad dimension of visible parts of
self-similar sets generated by iterated function systems with finite rotation
groups and satisfying the open set condition. The bound is valid for all
visible parts and it depends on the penetrable part of the set, which is a
concept defined in this paper. As a corollary, we obtain in the planar case
that if the projection is a finite or countable union of intervals then the
visible part is 1-dimensional. We also prove that the Assouad dimension of a
visible part is strictly smaller than the Hausdorff dimension of the set
provided the projection contains interior points.
