Hiding and Showing Objects

You can transfer objects to the No Show space so that they are no longer displayed.

Before you begin: When a command is already running, the Hide/Show command only works on the "contextual" object (that is, the object under the mouse) and not on the current selection. As the current selection is already used by the active command and the Hide/Show command is not allowed to modify the current selection, it has no effect on it.

Action Purpose
Right-click the object then select Hide/Show. Lets you transfer the object in the No Show space: the object is no longer displayed.

If you have several tabs open containing the same object, the object is transferred to the No Show space in each tab.

All the selected objects are processed in one step and as a whole. There is no individual process, whatever the original space of each selected object. All the selected objects are in the same final state:

  • If they are all in the Show space, the Hide command transfers them all to the No Show space.
  • If the multiselection is heterogeneous, the Hide command transfers them either to the Show space, or to the No Show space; the result is unpredictable.

Regarding read-only objects: When Hide/Show is run on features with part references in read-only mode, the command is applied to the part references and the user is notified about their read-only status. To restore the original behavior, use the CATForcePartDirtificationOnNotEditableFeatureHideShow=1 variable but the read-only part might not be clean.

Important:
  • A component placed in the No Show space in the product structure appears in low highlighting in the tree.
  • In a 3D shape opened in review mode, hidden representations are not streamed to the CGR document used to build the 3D shape representation. Therefore, hidden representations are not visible in the No Show space. Switch the 3D shape to design mode to build hidden representations and make them visible in the No Show space.
  • The background color of the No Show space can be modified through the No Show background list in the Visualization tab.
Right-click the object then select Hide/Show. Lets you display the object in the Show space.

For multiple objects:

  • If they are all in the No Show space, the Show command transfers them all to the Show space.
  • If the multiselection is heterogeneous, the Show command transfers them either to the Show space, or to the No Show space; the result is unpredictable.

Note that all solid features aggregated under a solid tree are considered as one element. Therefore, they cannot be individually impacted by the Hide/Show command. For more information about the behavior of the Hide/Show command in products, see Product Structure Design User's Guide: Managing Graphic Properties in Products.

Click the lower-right corner (Swap visible space) of the tab. Lets you display the No Show space and view the hidden objects. The work area changes color to indicate that you are now viewing the No Show space.
When in the No Show space, click the lower-right corner (Swap visible space) of the tab. Lets you return to the Show space.
Right-click the product then select

Show Structure.

Displays the whole structure of the selected product (all objects of the structure are visible). This command maintains the current display status (hidden or shown) of the other objects.

Note: Multiselection is available for this command.
Right-click the product then select

Show Selected Structure Only.

Displays the whole structure of the selected product (all objects of the structure are visible). This command hides all the other objects.

Note: Multiselection is available for this command.