The Show/Hide mode enables the control of the model display via interactively selecting entities within the graphics area. This mode is only intended for graphics selection and is not designed for operation within the
browser (use the local entity controls found inside the browser's tree structure for browser display control).
Note: When using window selection (<shift>-click-and-drag) an entity is considered selected if any portion of it falls within the window; you do not need to encompass the entire entity with the window, only a small portion of it. Also remember that only entities of the types determined by the Entity Types and Elements/Geometry buttons will be hidden or revealed.
The Visualization mode when picking materials and properties will change to by Mat and by Prop respectively. However, no graphics highlighting of material or properties occurs when using the Selector.
Picking in Graphics
Left-click turns on entities to the display that are currently turned off.
Left-click-and-drag pre-highlights only the entities that are currently turned off in the display (entities already turned on do not highlight.)
Right-click turns off entities in the display.
Right-click-and-drag pre-highlights only the entities that are currently turned on in the display (entities already turned off do not highlight.)
Single Selection
<Shift> + left-click-and-drag uses window selection to turn on multiple entities in the display.
<Shift> + right-click-and-drag uses window selection to turn off multiple entities in the display Window Selection
Picking in Browser
This tool does not function on line items within the browser's tree list. To control the display of the listed entities use All/None/Reverse, the individual local display control inside the tree structure, or the show/hide/isolate functions from the context sensitive menu.
Isolate
Isolate is a mechanism whereby only the selected entity will be displayed.
The isolate tool isolates within the entity type; for example, if there are components and load collectors displayed, and you use Isolate while the Entity Type button is set to Component, then only that
component will become isolated -- the load collectors will remain untouched in the display. In other words, all of the other components will be turned off, but the isolated component and the load collectors will still display.
Note: You can use Isolate in conjunction with the Selector. In such a case, after you've selected the desired entities, clicking Isolate hides everything else except for the selected entities. However, as described above only entities of the chosen type are hidden--so connectors and similar entities
will still remain visible.
Using the Selector may give you more precise control over which entities to retain--but for simple isolation tasks, direct usage of the Isolate button is generally quicker.
Picking in Graphics
In general, the left mouse button is used to isolate visible entities, while the right button is used to isolate entities that can be visible or already hidden (thus turning the hidden ones back on):
Left-click will isolate the clicked entity from those on display (single-click selection).
Left-click-and-drag will pre-highlight entities that are currently displayed. It will not highlight entities that are currently turned off in the display. Upon release, the pre-highlighted entity will be isolated.
<Shift> + left-click-and-drag uses window selection to isolate multiple entities (but only entities currently visible).
Right-click will isolate entities from all available entities (whether currently on or off in display).
Right-click-and-drag will pre-highlight an entity that is displayed or turned off from the display in the graphics area. Upon release, the pre-highlighted entity will be turned on and isolated.
<Shift> + right-click-and-drag uses window selection to isolate entities from all available entities (whether displayed or turned off from the display).
Single and Window Selection
Note: When using window selection (<shift>+click-and-drag) an entity is considered selected if any portion of it falls within the window; you do not need to encompass the entire entity with the window, only a small portion of it. Also remember that only entities of the types determined by the Entity Types and Elements/Geometry buttons will be hidden or revealed.
Picking in Browser
In Isolate mode, clicking on an entity folder such as the Components folder will isolate all components, therefore turning every component on.
Left-click will select/highlight an entity in the list – the entity is isolated and displayed in graphics area.
<Ctrl> + left-click highlights an entity name in the browser and isolates it in the graphics area.
multiple entities of the same type--e.g. components--can be appended to the selection, thus displaying more than one entity but still hiding all non-selected ones. Selected/isolated entities can be de-selected by <Ctrl> + left-clicking on them a second time.
<Shift> + left-click highlights all entities of the same type--e.g. components--in the browser between the first click and the most recent click, and displays the selected entities isolated from the non-selected ones in the graphics area. You can use additional <shift>-clicks or <ctrl>-clicks to modify the selection of displayed entities.
Undo
The final tool in the Action Modes tool set is the Undo button. This button undoes the last visual display change that you executed. For example, you can use undo to undo the effects of the isolate or show/hide buttons.
Note: The Undo button only undoes display changes (show/hide entities). It cannot be used to undo other operations, such as deleting components, adding entities to a panel collector, or changing the viewing angle.