Hide objects to a selected depth

In a model, you can hide objects to a specified depth.

Procedure

  1. Select the objects that are to be the starting point of the hiding depth.

  2. Activate the View tab bar.

  3. Click Hide and showHide/Show > Hide to a depth of. The Enter hiding depth dialog opens.

  4. Enter the hiding depth.

  5. Click OK.

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

Example

Let us assume that object A has a connection to object B, object B has a connection to object C and object C has a connection to object D.

Hiding depth

If you select object A and specify a hiding depth of 1, objects A and B and the connections from object A to B and from B to C will be hidden.

Navigation mode - display depth 1

If you select object A and specify a hiding depth of 2, objects A, B, and C including their connections are hidden.

Navigation mode - display depth 2