Hide/Show Annotations

Hide/Show Annotations allows you to toggle the visibility of individual annotations or tables in a drawing.

Hiding a dimension has a different effect than deleting it:
  • If you hide an annotation, it is still present in the view. Therefore, it is not restored if you import annotations again.
  • If you delete an annotation, it may be restored if you import annotations again (if it does not already appear in another view).

Showing Dimension Names

To show dimension names:

Click View > Hide/Show > Dimension Names or Hide/Show Items > View Dimension Names (Heads-up View toolbar).

Hiding or Showing Annotations

To hide or show annotations:

  1. Click Hide/Show Annotations Tool_Hide_Show_Annotations_Annotation.gif on the Annotation toolbar, or click View > Hide/Show > Annotations.
    All annotations are displayed; hidden annotations are in gray.

    The pointer changes to pointer_hide_show_annotations.gif.

  2. Click the annotations that you want to show or hide.
    Click an annotation to hide: Click an annotation to show:
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    When you hide an annotation, it is hidden on the drawing sheet but not removed from the model's database.

    If you are not using View > Hide/Show > Annotations, you can right-click an annotation and click Hide to hide the annotation.

Hiding or Showing Annotation Text Expressions

You can hide or show annotation text expressions on drawing sheets.

Annotation text expressions are placeholder text linked to a custom property. This option is a quick way of seeing the properties that link to a note.

To hide or show annotation text expressions:
Click View > Hide/Show > Annotation Text Expression.