View representations preserves display configurations that you can recall by name in the mold design.
Sometimes components obscure the view of components you want to work on. You can turn off visibility of components and then save that view with a name. When you select the named view, only the components you need display.
The list of View representations is the same in both the Mold Design browser and the Model browser.
A list of views appears under the active View node in the Mold Design browser. There are three ways to change views.
To simplify design, Mold Design sets the default display characteristics of components when commands are invoked.
When a command that has a default view is invoked, a temporary view is created at the end of the View list. The default view is defined according to the command, and is named Temporary Command View.
Right-click a view in the View list to access functions for operations on the selected node in the Mold Design browser. The options that are available depend on the view you select.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| New | Creates a design view representation from the current assembly display attributes. |
| Edit | Edits a view representation. You can delete, activate, or create a private view representation. |
| Delete | Deletes the selected design view representation. |
| Activate | Activates the selected design view representation. |
| Copy | Duplicates the current view representation in a new view. |
| Lock | Prevents changes to the display characteristics of a view representation. Components added after a view is locked are not visible while the view is active. |
| All Visible | Turns on visibility for all components. |
| All Hidden | Turns off visibility for all components. |
| Remove Color Overrides | Restores the default colors of components. |
| Expand All Children | Expands all folders that are nested under the selected node to display all contents. |
| Collapse All Children | Collapses all folders nested under the selected node so that the contents are not displayed. |
| How to... | Opens the Help topic for the current operation. |