Show, Hide, Isolate Entities

Turn the display of entities on and off in the modeling window.

Do one of the following:

• In the modeling window or Model Browser , right-click on an entity and select a display option from the context menu.
• In the Model Browser , left-click on an entities icon to switch between showing or hiding the entity. When an entity is hidden, it appears grayed out in the browser.
• Activate the Show/Hide tool on the View Controls toolbar, then use either the microdialog or the guide bar to select entities to show or hide.

  The microdialog lists the available entity types in your model that you can show/hide. The checkbox next to each type of entity indicates its current display state. A checked checkbox indicates that all of the entities of that type are displayed. A checkbox with a line indicates some of the entities of that type are displayed, but not all. An empty checkbox indicates that there are no entities of that type displayed.

  Activate/deactivate checkboxes or click All/None/Only to quickly change the display state of multiple entity types.

  
  
  Figure 1.

  Use the guide bar for more precise control. First, select an entity type using the entity filter, then select a show/hide option.

  

  Select entities without showing or hiding.

  

  Select and show entities. Drawing a window shows all entities contained inside the display.

  

  Select and hide entities. Middle mouse click to isolate the hidden selection.

  

  Show all of the current entity type.

  

  Show none of the current entity type.

  

  Reverse the display of the current entity type.

  

  Isolate selection only or all of the current entity type.

  On the guide bar, click to open the Advanced Selection dialog, from which you can filter geometry further by selecting a subset of entities based on additional selection methods, such as By Component or By Assembly.