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Hiding and Showing Sketches

You can show and hide model sketches in drawings.

To show a sketch in a drawing:

Right-click the sketch in the FeatureManager design tree and select Show.

The sketch entities highlight in the graphics area when you point over the sketch name in the FeatureManager design tree.

Drawing view with sketch hidden Sketch shown
drw_hideshow_sketch_1.gif drw_hideshow_sketch_2.gif
  1. To insert dimensions for unabsorbed model sketches in a drawing, click Model Items Tool_Model_Items_Annotation.gif (Annotation toolbar), or click Insert > Model Items.
  2. In the Model Items PropertyManager, select options under Dimensions, then click PM_OK.gif.

    Unabsorbed sketch with dimensions inserted


    drw_hideshow_sketch_3.gif
To hide a sketch in a drawing, right-click the sketch in the graphics area or in the FeatureManager design tree and select Hide.


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