Hide and Show Bodies

With multibody parts, you can hide or show surface or solid bodies using View > Hide/Show Bodies.

1. Open a document containing multiple surface or solid bodies.
   
2. Click View > Hide/Show Bodies.
3. In the PropertyManager, under Hidden Bodies, select bodies in the graphics area for Surface/Solid Bodies .
   When you select a body, it becomes translucent in the graphics area.
   
   
4. Click .
   The entities you selected remain hidden.
   
   
5. To preview hidden bodies, in the FeatureManager design tree, do one of the following:
   • To preview a single hidden body, select the body.
   • To preview multiple hidden bodies, press Shift or Ctrl and select the bodies.
   • To remove the preview, click in the graphics area to deselect the body.
   In the graphics area, the body appears as transparent.
6. Click View > Hide/Show Bodies again to open the PropertyManager.
7. Select the translucent bodies in the graphics area. You can select some or all of the translucent bodies.
8. Click .
   The translucent entities you selected are visible again.
   
   

   You can also use the shortcut menu to hide a surface without using the PropertyManager to preview the entities you select. To show the hidden surface again, click View > Hide/Show Bodies , select the translucent bodies in the graphics area and click .

   You can still select from the FeatureManager design tree to Hide or Show, but it does not open the PropertyManager or display the model in a translucent state.