Show, Hide, and Isolate Entities
Turn the display of entities on and off in the modeling window.
Show, Hide, and Isolate Using Context Menus
Show and Hide Using Browser Icons
Show and Hide Using the Entity Editor
- Select entities.
- In the Entity Editor, toggle the Visibility option to turn the display of the entities on and off.
Show, Hide, and Isolate Using the Show/Hide Tool
- Activate the Show/Hide tool on the View Controls toolbar.
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Select entities to show or hide.
- Activate or deactivate the checkboxes in the microdialog.
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.
- Use the Show/Hide
guide bar for more precise control. First, select an
entity type using the entity selector, 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.
- Activate or deactivate the checkboxes in the microdialog.
Keyboard Shortcuts & Mouse Controls
To do this | Press |
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Show all | A |
Hide selection | H |
Isolate selection | I Middle Mouse Click (Show/Hide tool only) |
Reverse display | R |
Show adjacent entities to selection | J |
Enter and exit the Show/Hide tool | D |
Show none (Show/Hide tool only) | N |