Control the visibility of route objects

When a change is made to routes, runs, and positional representations, the tube and pipe assembly automatically updates all components as 3D objects. To save time for updating the tube and pipe assembly, you can choose to display individual routes and runs as centerlines. This action defers automatic updates of tube, pipe, and hose components and allows you to see the effect a change has on an individual route before repopulating. You can also disable automatic updates for the entire tube and pipe runs subassembly and display only centerlines.

Note: When a new route is created and populated, it always displays as populated and not as centerlines. This is true even when the pipe run is set to Display Routes Only.

Display All Objects

  1. In the browser, activate the master run or a run contained in the master run.
  2. In either the Tube and Pipe or Pipe Run tab, click the Manage panel and then choose Display All Objects.
  3. Alternately, right-click a run in the browser and choose Display/Update Settings, then select All Tube & Pipe Objects in the context menu.
  4. All components in the selected run display as 3D objects.

Display Routes Only

  1. In the browser, activate the master run or a run contained in the master run.
  2. In either the Tube and Pipe or Pipe Run tab, click the Manage panel and then choose Display Routes Only.
  3. Alternately, right-click a run in the browser and choose Display/Update Settings, then select Route Objects Only in the context menu.
  4. The selected run displays as a centerline.