Hide/Show Components
You can hide or show components in an assembly drawing.
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Component shown:
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Component hidden:
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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.
To show or hide a component from the shortcut menu:
Right-click a component in the drawing view or in the FeatureManager design tree and select Show/Hide, Hide Component.
If the component is hidden, you can show it again by right-clicking the component in the FeatureManager design tree (not in the drawing view) and selecting Show/Hide, Show Component.
To show or hide a component in the Drawing View Properties dialog box:
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Right-click the drawing view and select Properties.
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Select the Hide/Show Components tab.
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Select a component from either the drawing view or the FeatureManager design tree to add it to the list of items to be hidden.
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Click Apply to see the effect of your selection.
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To show the component again, select the component in the Hide/Show Components list and press Delete.
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Select the component in the FeatureManager design tree.
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To show all hidden components again, right-click in the list and click Clear Selections.
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Click OK to close the dialog box.
To show or hide components in all drawing views:
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In the assembly, create an assembly configuration.
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In the graphics area or the FeatureManager design tree, right-click a component and click Hide components 
or Show components .
Related Topics
Drawing View Properties
Section Scope
Show Hidden Edges