Showing Objects
You can show or hide objects in several ways, using the Active View Visibility dialog box for individual objects, or Visibility menu selections for All Objects, Only Selection, Model Objects, Non-model Objects, Primitive Shapes, or Non-primitive shapes.
The Active View Visibility dialog box contains tabs for 3D Modeler, Color Keys, Array Setup, Boundaries, Excitations, and Fields Reporter. Select the tab for the objects you want to show or hide, and select or deselect Visibility.
You can access the dialog box from the menu bar (View > Visibility > Active View Visibility...) or by clicking the Hide/Show visualization icons in the View, Draw, or Model Ribbon tabs.
The Visibility menus are available on the View menu and as shortcut menus in the Modeler window and in the History Tree when you right-click the Model icon:
To show one or more objects that are currently hidden by using the Active View Visibility dialog box:
- Click View > Visibility >
Active View Visibility..., or click the visibility icons on the View, Draw, or
Model ribbon tabs.
The Active View Visibility dialog box appears.
- Select the tab for the objects you want to show or hide. The dialog box contains tabs for 3D
Modeler objects: Color Key objects,
Boundaries, Excitations, and Fields Reporter objects.
- Under the tab you need, select the Visibility option for the objects you want to show
in the active view window.
- For designs with large numbers of objects, you can resize the dialog box for easier selection.
- By default, objects are listed in alphabetical order. You can invert the order by clicking the Name bar above the Name fields. A triangle in the bar indicates the direction of the listing.
- You can also use the Name field to type in an object name and apply the visibility via the Show and Hide buttons.
The objects you select and designate as Visible (by selecting the property or using Show) reappear.
Hiding boundaries also turns off a check for boundary overlaps during boundary assignment. In the case of very large models with many boundaries, hiding boundaries can prevent delays during boundary assignment. Full model validation will subsequently check for boundary overlaps.
To show all objects that are currently hidden by using the Visibility menu:
- Click View > Visibility > Show All or use the shortcut menu in the Modeler window or History Tree and one of the following commands:
- All Views to show all objects in every open view window
- Active Views to show all objects in the active view window.
The selected objects reappear.
To show selected objects that are currently hidden:
- Select the object. Hidden items are selected once the node corresponding to them is clicked in the history tree.
- Click View > Visibility > Show Selection and one of the following:
- All Views to show selected objects in every open view window
- Active Views to show selected objects in the active view window.
You can also use the View, Draw, or Model ribbon tab icons to Show selected objects in active views. Or, open the Active View Visibility dialog box.
To show one or more 3D components that are currently hidden:
- In the History Tree, select one or more 3D components. This activates the Hide/Show icons on the View,Draw, and Model ribbon tabs and the View menu selections.
- You can right-click to display the shortcut
menu and select View > Show All.
Object visibility is saved with the project.