Temporarily hiding or isolating elements or element categories may be useful when you want to see or edit only a few elements of a certain category in a view. The Hide tool hides the selected elements in the view, and the Isolate tool shows the selected elements and hides all other elements in the view. The tool affects only the active view in the drawing area.
Element visibility reverts back to its original state when you close the project, unless you make the changes permanent. Temporary Hide/Isolate also does not affect printing.
To temporarily hide or isolate elements or element categories:
To exit temporary hide/isolate mode without saving changes:
To exit temporary hide/isolate mode and make changes permanent:
In other words, if you select some walls and doors, only walls and doors will remain visible in the view.
If you select some walls and doors, all walls and doors will be hidden in the view.
When you temporarily hide an element or element category, the Temporary Hide/Isolate icon displays with a border ().
All temporarily hidden elements are restored to the view.
If you make temporarily hidden elements permanent, you can reveal them at a later time, and unhide them if necessary. For information, see Revealing and Unhiding Hidden Elements.