About the Visibility and Graphic Display Dialog

Most overrides for visibility and graphic display are made in the Visibility/Graphics dialog. The exception is for individual element overrides; these are made in the View-Specific Element Graphics dialog.

From the Visibility/Graphics dialog, you can view overrides that have already been applied to a category. If the graphic display of a category has been overridden, the cell displays a preview of the graphic. If no overrides have been made to a category, the cell is blank, and the element displays as specified in the Object Styles dialog.

Example

In the following image, the Columns category has overrides for projection/surface lines and patterns.

For information on visibility settings for elements in linked models and elements in worksets, see Visibility of Linked Models and Change the Visibility of a Workset in a View.

Creating Views for Specific Purposes

Because you can control element visibility and graphic display by view, you can create views for specific purposes.

Some possibilities include: