Hiding and Showing geometric Feature Sets

You can use the Hide/Show command on different levels of geometric sets and ordered geometric sets and for different purposes.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Managing Geometrical Sets
In the Knowledge Base
Procedure to selectively hide/show elements from an ordered geometric feature set

Hide/Show a geometric Feature Set

The context menu allows you to hide/show a geometric set or an ordered geometric set whether current or not.

  1. In the tree, select the geometric set or ordered geometric set you want to hide/show.
  2. Right-click to display the context menu and select the Hide/Show command.
    The geometric set or ordered geometric set is hidden, if it was visible, or becomes visible, if it was hidden.

    Visible geometric set

    Hidden geometric set

    Tip: Hiding or Showing a geometric set or an ordered geometric set as a whole can also be done by clicking Hide/Show .

Hide/Show Contents of a geometric Feature Set

The context menu allows you to hide/show all features in a geometric set or an ordered geometric set (even sketches), whether current or not.

  1. In the tree, select the geometric set or the ordered geometric set whose solid elements you want to hide/show.
  2. Right-click and select geometric_Set.x object > Show Components from the context menu to restore the view if the elements were hidden, or geometric_Set.x object > Hide Components from the context menu to hide visible elements.
    Visible contents

    Hidden contents

    Tip: Use this method to hide the contents of a geometric set or an ordered geometric set, rather than using the Hide/Show from the context menu: indeed when a geometric set or an ordered geometric set is in show, its contents are as well. This method enables to quickly show an element of a geometric set or an ordered geometric set.

Hide/Show an Element While in a Command

The context menu allows you to hide/show an element of the current geometric set or ordered geometric set, while using a command.

  1. Click Line and select two points to create a line.


  2. Right-click the element to be hidden from the tree or the geometry, and select Hide/Show from the context menu.
    The selected element is hidden without exiting the active command.
  3. Click OK in the Line Definition dialog box to create the line.
  4. Repeat the operation on the element again to redisplay it.


Hide/Show an Element Belonging to an Ordered geometric Set

The context menu allows you to hide/show a modification feature. If a modification feature is put in no show, all features absorbed by this feature are in no show too.

Right-click the element (Split.1) to be hidden from the tree or the geometry, and select Hide/Show from the context menu.

As Extrude.1 is absorbed by Split.1, Extrude.1 is also put in no show.

Hide/Show command Elements According to Their Type

You can hide/show all elements of a document, according to their type.

To do this, select Show or Hide in the context menu of the 3D Part in the tree and select the adequate element type (All Points, All Lines, All Curves, All Sketches, All Surfaces, All Planes, All geometric Sets, All Bodies, All Axis Systems, All Elements, All Selected Elements, All Except Selected Elements).