You can change the appearance and transparency for parts. For solid and surface bodies, you can also change the display mode (for example, wireframe or shaded), and whether the part is hidden or shown.
To change a part's display settings:
The display pane appears to the right of the FeatureManager design tree.
The feature or body is highlighted in the graphics area.
For the Hide/Show and Transparency settings, clicking toggles the settings on and off.
For the Display Mode and Appearance settings, a pop-up menu shows the possible settings.
Display Mode for small tubes set to Wireframe
Appearance set for large and small tubes
All part appearances removed
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