2.6 Controlling part instance display from the Model Tree or from the viewport

Product: Abaqus/CAE

Benefits: You can now control the display of part instances using new options in the Model Tree and in the current viewport. This enhancement makes it easier to control the display of assemblies with a large number of part instances.

Description: Abaqus/CAE now enables you to display or hide part instances by using the menus that appear when you highlight part instances in the Model Tree and click mouse button 3 or when you click mouse button 3 in the current viewport. Figure 2–4 shows the new Hide and Hide Instance functionality that appears in these two menus.

Figure 2–4 New options for hiding part instances from the Model Tree (left) and from the current viewport (right).

Hiding part instances from the viewport is available for all modules in Abaqus/CAE. As in earlier Abaqus releases, you can hide individual instances by using the Instances tabbed page of the Assembly Display Options dialog box.

Abaqus/CAE Usage:

All modules:
    Model Tree: highlight part instances: click mouse button 3: Hide or Show
    Click mouse button 3 in the current viewport: Hide Instance

Reference:

Abaqus/CAE User's Manual

“Controlling instance visibility,” Section 76.14