Temporarily Hiding or Isolating Elements or Element Categories

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:

1. In the drawing area, select one or more elements.
2. On the View Control Bar, click (Temporary Hide/Isolate) and then select one of the following:
   • Isolate Category.
   • Hide Category. Hides all selected categories in the view.
   • Isolate Element. Isolates only the selected elements.
   • Hide Element. Hides only the selected elements.

   When you temporarily hide an element or element category, the Temporary Hide/Isolate icon displays with a border ().

3. On the View Control Bar, click , and then click Reset Temporary Hide/Isolate.

   All temporarily hidden elements are restored to the view.

4. On the View Control Bar, click , and then click Apply Hide/Isolate to View.