Run navigation mode

You can start the navigation mode for a model in order to access specific model content.

Procedure

  1. Open a model.
  2. Activate the View tab bar.
  3. Click Hide and show Hide/Show > Navigation mode. The dialog is displayed. Which button is enabled depends on whether objects are selected and/or hidden.
    1. Hide and show Show objects (opens the Show objects dialog in which you can select objects to be shown from the list of hidden objects)
    2. Show to a depth of Show to a depth of (opens the Enter display depth dialog where you can enter the level to which objects are to be shown).
    3. Show connected objects Show connected objects (shows hidden objects again that are connected directly with the selected object)
    4. Hide objects Hide objects (opens the Hide objects dialog where you can select the objects to be hidden)
    5. Hide selected objects Hide selected objects (hides the selected objects)
    6. Hide all except for the selected ones Hide all objects except for the selected ones (hides objects that are not selected)
    7. Hide all of this type Hide all objects of this type (hides all objects that are of the same type as the selected objects)
    8. Hide to a depth of Hide to a depth of (opens the Enter hiding depth dialog where you can enter the level to which objects are to be hidden)
    9. Exit navigation mode (exits the navigation mode and displays the original model again)

Navigation mode is run and the Navigation mode dialog is shown. The corresponding objects and their connections are hidden.