Controlling instance visibility

By default, Abaqus/CAE displays all part instances included in the assembly. You can turn the display of all instances on or off, or you can toggle the display of individual instances. Part instances that you have suppressed or that do not belong to the current display group cannot be made visible using this dialog box; you must use the Feature Manipulation toolset or the Display Group toolset instead. For more information, see The Assembly module,” or Using display groups to display subsets of your model.”

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Customizing geometry and mesh display

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This section describes how to control instance visibility from the Assembly Display Options dialog box. You can also change instance visibility from the Model Tree or the viewport: from the Model Tree, highlight the part instances that you want to display or hide, click mouse button 3, and select Hide or Show; from the viewport, highlight the instances you want to hide, click mouse button 3, and select Hide Instance from the menu that appears.

  1. Locate the Instance display options.

    From the main menu bar, select ViewAssembly Display Options. Click the Instance tab in the dialog box that appears. The Instance options become available; each part instance in the assembly is listed.

  2. To control instance visibility, do any of the following:

    • Click Set All On to make all (except suppressed) instances visible.

    • Click Set All Off to turn off the display of all instances.

    • Click individual instance names to toggle their appearance.

  3. Click OK to implement your changes and to close the dialog box.

    Your changes apply only to the current viewport and are saved for the duration of the session.