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Display States for Parts

You can now specify display states for parts in the same way that you could specify them for assemblies in previous versions of SolidWorks. Display states allow you to toggle quickly between different visual representations of the part without changing configurations.

Part display states control the appearance, display mode, hide/show, and transparency of bodies, features, faces, and parts according to the following chart:

  Display Mode Hide/Show Transparency Appearance
Part     X X
Body (solid and surface) X X X X
Feature     X X
Features you can hide (including sketch, reference geometry, curves, parting lines, and routing points)   X    
Face     X X

If a part contains multiple display states, you can see them:


  • When the display pane is:
    • Closed, by right-clicking in the top right corner of the FeatureManager® design tree.
    • Open, by right-clicking in the display pane and mousing over Activate Display State.
  • In the ConfigurationManager under Display States.

To add a display state, right-click in any blank area in the ConfigurationManager and click Add Display State.

You can now select which of a part's display states to use in an assembly. See Display States.
Parent topic: Fundamentals


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