Unhiding entities inside components

The following illustration explains the procedure of using the Unhide Entities command to unhide entities inside a component. We will use the following component for this illustration which has three bodies: Sphere, Cone and Cylinder.

Case 1

In the first case only the Cone is in the hidden state inside the component.



To unhide the Cone, select the Unhide Entities command either from the View menu or the Attributes toolbar. Note that there is no need to set the component current before using the Unhide Entities command.

Once the command is started the graphics area goes blank. To view the entities that are hidden at the moment, select the Show All Hidden Entities option from the context menu displayed by right clicking in the graphics area. Now all the hidden entities will be displayed on the screen. Click on the Cone to unhide it.



The entities that you select to unhide are no longer displayed on the graphics area. Press the Esc key to return to the window where all the visible entities are displayed.

Tip
You can also unhide the Cone by right clicking on its name in the Model Structure and selecting the Unhide Entities option from the context menu. But by using the Show All Hidden Entities option, you can make a visual conformation of the entity prior to unhiding it. This visual inspection can come handy when multiple entities are in the hidden state and you are not familiar with their names as displayed in the Model Structure.

Case 2

In the sencond case, not only the Cone but also the component in which it is present is in the hidden state. Different results will be obtained if the unhiding is done with or without using the Show All Hidden Entities option.

  1. Start the Unhide Entities command. Depending on the option selected, the graphics area will show the following results.

    Default Show All Hidden Entities
  2. Select the component that you want to unhide.

    Default Show All Hidden Entities
  3. After selecting the component the graphics area is displayed as follows.

    Default Show All Hidden Entities
  4. For the Show All Hidden Entities option, you can select the entities that you want to unhide. In this illustration the Cone is selected.

    Finally press the Esc key to return to the visible entities window. The following result will be obtained.

    Default Show All Hidden Entities