With multibody parts, you can hide or show surface or solid bodies using
.
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Open a document containing multiple surface or solid bodies.
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Click .
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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.
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- Click
.The entities you selected remain hidden.
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- 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.
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Click again to open the PropertyManager.
- Select the translucent bodies in the graphics area. You can select some or all of the translucent bodies.
- Click
.The translucent entities you selected are visible again.
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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 , 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.
When
you multiselect bodies, planes, or sketches that have a combination of
shown and hidden states in the FeatureManager design tree, the context
toolbar shows both the
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and
Show
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tools.
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You can click
Hide or
Show to change the visibility state of
all the selected entities.