Use the Hide tool to make elements of the scene invisible, use the Unhide tool to have them reappear again. You can Hide or Unhide elements in Amapi 3D according to specific criteria using the Scene Manager (by object, group, layer or material). (See chapter User Manual/Control Panel/ Scene Manager.) |
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Those commands can be useful for temporarily hiding elements that are obstructing your view of other elements of the scene. They are also used to store (invisibly) construction curves used to create objects (extrusion curves, for instance).
The Workbench and the Grid can also be hidden if necessary. (They can be permanently hidden: see chapter User Manual/Edit/Preferences/Interface/ Work space).
q Hide (PC: Ctrl+H; Mac: Command+H)
Usage:
1. Select the Hide tool. 
Click on the icon depicting the Hide tool in the Control Panel.
The cursor is displayed as a small gray “ghost”.
2. Selecting the elements to hide.
There are two ways to do this:
¨ Using the “ghost”
Click with the mouse (left mouse button) on each object to be hidden.
¨ Using the Lasso
You access the Lasso either through:
Þ The Assistant Palette: Click on the icon depicting the Lasso in the Assistant Palette.
Or
Þ Using the mouse:
On PC: Click the right mouse button.
On Mac: Press the Option key and simultaneously click the mouse button.
The Lasso appears.
Use it to surround the objects you want to hide, then press the Return key.
Each selected element turns white.
3. Ending the action.
Validate or put the tool aside to end the action (depending on the interface). See chapter User Manual/Tools/Generic use of a tool/How do you end a tool action?
4. The selected elements disappear from the scene.
Press return after selecting the tool to have the whole scene disappear. This operation can be reversed (see paragraph Use of the Unhide tool).
q Unhide (PC: Ctrl+Y; Mac: Command+Y)
Usage:
1. Select the Unhide tool. 
Click on the icon depicting the Unhide tool in the Control Panel.
The cursor is displayed as a small white “ghost”.
The scene displays only the previously hidden objects.
2. Select the elements to unhide.
There are two ways:
¨ Using the “ghost”
Click with the mouse (left mouse button) on each object to be unhidden.
¨ Using the Lasso
You access the Lasso either through:
Þ The Assistant Palette: Click on the icon depicting the Lasso in the Assistant Palette.
Or
Þ Using the mouse:
On PC: Click the right mouse button.
On Mac: Press the Option key and simultaneously click the mouse button.
The Lasso appears.
Use it to surround the objects you want to unhide, then press the Return key.
Each selected element turns white.
5. Ending the action.
Validate or put the tool aside to end the action (depending on the interface). See chapter User Manual/Tools/Generic use of a tool/How do you end a tool action?
3. The main scene reappears.
The unhidden elements are at the exact same location they occupied before being hidden
Press return after selecting the tool to have all the hidden elements reappear.
