Hide/Show Components
You can hide or show components in an assembly drawing.
| Component shown: |
| Component hidden: |
Hide Component lets you hide specific components in selected drawing views, but not all views. A quick selection method for hiding components is Hide Behind Plane.
You can set an option in Tools, Options, System Options, Drawings to list hidden components automatically when you create a drawing view. New drawing views with Automatically hide components on view creation selected display the list of hidden components on the Hide/Show Components tab in the Drawing View Properties dialog box.
You can access Hide/Show Components in various ways.
Showing or Hiding a Component from the Shortcut Menu
To show or hide a component from the shortcut menu:
Showing or Hiding a Component in the Drawing View Properties Dialog Box
To show or hide a component in the Drawing View Properties dialog box:
- Right-click the drawing view and select Properties.
- Select the Hide/Show Components tab.
- Select a component from either the drawing view or the FeatureManager design tree to add it to the list of items to be hidden.
- Click Apply to see the effect of your selection.
- To show the component again, do one of the following:
- Select the component in the Hide/Show Components list and press Delete.
- Select the component in the FeatureManager design tree.
- To show all hidden components again, right-click in the list and click Clear Selections.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
Showing or Hiding Components in all Drawing Views
To show or hide a component in all drawing views:
- In the assembly, create an assembly configuration.
- In the graphics area or the FeatureManager design tree, right-click a component and click Hide Components
or Show Components
.