Show, Hide, and Isolate Using the Mask Browser

These operations are only valid for entities contained in collectors that are currently displayed.
  1. From the menu bar, click View > Mask Browser.
    The Mask Browser opens in the browser area.

    Entities are logically organized in the browser to represent the collectors they belong to. Regardless of the current model, the entities listed in the browser remain the same.

  2. Use the icons to show, hide, or isolate entity groups.
    • Click to show the relevant entities for the current row and sub-folders. For example, the Show icon at the Geometry folder unmasks all points, lines, surfaces and solids within any displayed components.
    • Click to hide the relevant entities for the current row and sub-folders. For example, the Hide icon at the 1D folder masks all rod, bar2, bar3, weld, joint and plot elements within any displayed components.
    • Click to perform a Hide on the top level folder and then a Show on the current row and sub-folders.

      For example, the Isolate icon at the 3D folder masks all connectors, geometry, 0D/rigid elements, spring/gap elements, 1D elements and 2D elements and unmasks all 3D elements within any displayed components. The exception to this rule is when the Isolate button is selected at a top-level folder; in this case, all sub-folders underneath the top-level folder are unmasked and all other top-level folders, and their contents, are masked. For example, the Isolate icon at the Components folder masks all supported entities in any displayed groups, load collectors, morphing, multibodies and system collectors, and unmasks all supported entities within any displayed components.

Tip: To determine whether the masking operations for morph entities apply to all/displayed elements, right-click in the browser and select Morph operates on all elements / Morph operates on displayed elements.