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
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Figure 1.
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
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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.
Figure 2. - 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 |