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Show Hidden Edges

You can show all the hidden lines of selected features and components in drawing documents. You can hide or show edges in high quality (not draft quality) drawing views.

View with Hidden Lines Removed .

Hidden edges are visible.

You can access this feature in two ways.

To show or hide hidden edges from the shortcut menu:

Right-click a feature or component in the drawing view or in the FeatureManager design tree and select Show/Hide, Show Hidden Edges.

If the hidden edges are visible, you can hide them again by right-clicking the feature or component and selecting Show/Hide, Hide Hidden Edges.

To show or hide hidden edges in the Drawing View Properties dialog box:

  1. Right-click the drawing view and select Properties.

  2. Select the Show Hidden Edges tab.

  3. Select a feature or component from either the drawing view or the FeatureManager design tree to add it to the list of items to be shown with hidden lines.

  4. Click Apply to see the effect of your selection.

  5. To hide the hidden lines again, select an item from the list and press Delete.

    - or - 

    Select the feature or component in the drawing view or the FeatureManager design tree.

  6. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Related Topics

Hiding and Showing Edges

Drawing View Properties

Hide/Show Components



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