- Inside of our SolidWorks Drawing View
sometimes we want to hide and show various drawing elements
In this particular example,
I have an assembly with multiple components
and let's say, just for a
special instruction drawing that I want to make,
I want to hide this bottom component.
It's pretty simple to hide it,
but a little bit complicated if you want to show it again.
So, to hide it, I can simply right-click
on the component, go up to the component area of the menu
and then where is says "Show/Hide," go over
and I have two options.
I can Show Hidden Edges or I can Hide Component.
I'm going to click on "Hide Component."
And I've now hidden that particular SolidWorks part,
but left all the remaining parts in the assembly.
So I can thoroughly see the nut that's inside
and where this spring ends on the inside.
Now, if I want to bring that component back into the view,
I can't simply right-click on here
and have any component options that I can select.
What I need to do now
is click on the Drawing View.
Go over to my feature tree on the left,
and where that Drawing View is, scroll down.
Now, you'll notice
the main grip.
This is the feature that I'm missing.
It's icon is shaded out inside of the feature tree.
And what that's indicating to me inside of a drawing
is that this is a component that is hidden.
Now, to unhide it, I can simply right-click on it.
Go up to the "Show/Hide" menu.
Again, I can see "Show Hidden Edges," or
"Show Component,"
and now I click "Show Component."
It brings that component back.
You can also hide it from over here if you like,
so you can select it from the feature tree
and say "Hide Component."
And you notice that these options just toggle.
But the only way to bring it back
is to go over here into the feature tree
to show it again.
There's not just a simple way inside of the Drawing View
that I'm familiar with.
There might be a hotkey.
You can always hit CTRL+Z to undo
if you hid something on accident.
Now you might find that this is very useful
specifically when you're trying to make
section views that have any surface bodies involved.
You not only can hide components,
but I can right-click and hide a whole assembly.
You can also go inside of options that have
multiple bodies and select from their bodies as well
inside of the feature tree.
Looking through for a multi-body component,
but I don't have one available right now.
But you can do that.
It doesn't matter what it is that you select in here.
You can do right-click, Show/Hide and Hide that component
at either the assembly, part or body level.