Controlling the Visibility of Part Sketches in Assemblies

You can control the visibility of part sketches in assemblies.

SOLIDWORKS maintains the visibility of sketch display states when you insert a part into an assembly. In earlier releases, the part took precedence over the sketch.

To control the visibility of part sketches in assemblies:
  1. Create a part with two sketches.
  2. Create two display states in the part.
  3. Make the sketch visibility such that one sketch is visible in one display state and the other sketch is visible in the other display state.
  4. Insert two instances of the part in an assembly.
  5. Make the sketch visibility such that each part display state is visible.
    Each component shows the visibility of the sketch per its referred display state.