Global Display Controls

Use the global display controls to control the graphical display state of entities listed in the browser.

These controls reside at the left side of the browser, just below the Model Browser View Modes.

By default, the global display controls will work on all entities listed in the browser, however, these controls can also work at the folder and individual named entity level. For example, to turn off all components, highlight the Component folder and click Display None. If an individual component is highlighted within the Component folder then the global display controls will only work on that specific entity. To enable the Display All, Display None, and Display Reverse controls to work on all of the entities listed in the browser, click on the white space within the browser (de-selecting any selected entities).

A shaded entity icon in the browser indicates that the entity is visible in the graphics area while an opaque icon indicates that the entity is hidden in the graphics area.

Because these controls work in combination with the filters, only the items displayed in the browser are affected. The hidden items that are also filtered out of the browser will not be displayed.

Elements and Geometry: Determines whether the other global display controls will act on elements, geometry, or elements and geometry.
Display All: Displays all of the entities listed in the browser.
Display None: Hides all of the entities listed in the browser.
Display Reverse: Reverses the display of all the entities listed in the browser (displays hidden entities, hides displayed entities).

Note: These controls only affect the display state of entities; they do not actually remove entities from the model.