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About Hiding Features and Entities

Creo Parametric allows you to hide and unhide selected
model f eatures and entities in the current Creo Parametric
session.
To save design time, you can use the f ollowing mini
toolbar or the View > Visibilit y options to hide or show,
f eatures and entities:

• Hide — Hides the selected f eatures, components,

and layers.

• Show:

◦ Show — Shows the selected f eatures,

components, and layers.

◦ Show Only — Shows only the selected f eature

and hides all other f eatures of the same type. You
can use this option on planes, coordinate systems,
axes, points, curves, quilts, and components.

◦ Show All Except — Hides the selected f eature

and shows all other f eatures of the same type. You
can use this option on planes, coordinate systems,
axes, points, curves, quilts, and components.

◦ Unhide All — Shows all hidden non- layer model

f eatures.

You can also perf orm the f ollowing tasks

• You do not have to assign the entities to a layer and then
blank the entire layer.
• You can hide and redisplay individual datum f eatures,
such as datum planes and datum axes, without having
to hide or redisplay all of the datum f eatures at once.
• You can use the Model Tree search capability (Tools >
Find) to select all f eatures of a specified type (f or
example, all f eatures of the same type in all
components within an assembly) and then hide them
using View > Hide.
The f ollowing types of f eatures and entities can be
hidden:
• Individual datum planes (as opposed to hiding or showing
all datum planes at once)
• Datum Axes
• Features that contain axes, planes, and coordinate
systems
• Analysis f eatures (points and coordinate systems)
• Datum points (whole arrays)
• Coordinate systems
• Datum curves (whole curves, not individual curve
segments)
• Quilts (whole quilts, not individual surf aces)
• Assembly components
When you hide an item, Creo Parametric removes the item
f rom the graphics window. The hidden item remains in the
Model Tree list, and its icon dims to reveal its hidden
status. When you unhide an item, its icon returns to
normal display (undimmed) and the item is redisplayed in
the Graphics window.
You can save or reset a layer display status as f ollows:

Save St at us—To save the current layer display status, on

the View tab, click the arrow next to St at us and then click
Save St at us.

  Saving the object does not save the current layer

display status. To save the current layer display status
when saving the object, you must use View > Save
St at us and then save the object.

Reset St at us—If you change the layer display status

af ter you have saved a status then to revert to the last
saved layer display status, on the View tab, click the arrow
next to St at us and then click Reset St at us.

Related Topics
To Hide an Entity On the Fly
To Redisplay Hidden Entities
To Display or Hide Items on the Model Tree

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