Hide
Hide provides a number of ways to hide parts
of a plan.
Contents
Floors (all)
Floors (except current)
Roofs
Walls
Fences and Posts
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Free Objects
Cabinets and other Connected Objects
Doors and Windows
Molding
Sky
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Light Boxes
Compass
Menus and Controls
Grid
Dimensions
Frame Rate (FPS)
Orbit Crosshairs
Floors (all)
Hides all the floors in the project.
Doesn't hide furniture or other things on floors - they may be left hanging
in space.
To show again un-check or use View>
Show All or Show Last Hidden.
Floors (all except current)
Shows everything on the current floor but hides everything
on other floors, including furniture,
windows, doors and the floors.
Pressing pageUp and pageDown moves the work
grid up or down - showing the current floor and contents and hide
all the other floors and contents.
To show all the floors and other objects again, choose
this again to un-check it or use View> Show
All.
Roofs
Hides and shows all
Roofs by choosing View> Hide>
Roofs. Show Roofs by choosing Show All or
Show Last Hidden from the View menu.
Keyboard Shortcut: R
Walls
Hides all walls.
To show walls choose the menu again or use Show
All or Show Last Hidden.
Fences and Posts
Hides everything created with Build>Draw
Fences and Rails and Build>Draw
Posts and Columns.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Free Objects
Hides furniture, trees and other free objects
in the project. Free objects means unattached objects.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Cabinets and Other Connected Objects
This hides wall cabinets connected to walls,
floors, roofs, etc. This does not hide windows and doors and other objects
embedded in walls.
This does not hide base cabinets.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Doors and Windows
This hides objects embedded in walls, floors,
countertops and roofs - such as windows, doors, sinks, skylights and so
on.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Molding
Hides molding applied to surfaces with Build>Draw Molding.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Sky
Hides the sky background - makes it solid
blue.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Light Boxes
Hides the black floating boxes representing
spotlights in the project - as well as the yellow sun ball.
To show again un-check menu, use Show
All or Show Last Hidden
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+F
Compass
Hides the directional
compass.
To show again un-check menu, use Show All or Show
Last Hidden
Menus and Controls
This hides the menu
bar, toolbar, status bar and grid - to make the sign look more photo realistic.
To show again un-check menu, use Show All
or Show Last Hidden
Keyboard Shortcut: Tab
Also see Edit> Preferences>
General> Auto Hide Menu.
Grid
Hides the work grid. To show again un-check
menu, use Show All or Show
Last Hidden
Also see Edit>
Move Work Grid
Dimensions
Hides all the dimensions in blueprint and
elevation viewing modes.
Keyboard Shortcut: D
Also see Build>
Dimensions, Show All and Show Last Hidden
Frame Rate (FPS)
Shows the frames per
second (FPS) on the toolbar. This is sort of a like a speedometer for
3D rendering. When FPS gets below 4 or so, rendering is making such a
demand on the computer that editing becomes less responsive.
Keyboard Toggle: F8
Also see Edit> Improve
Edit Speed
Orbit Crosshairs
Hides the orbit crosshairs you see, along
with the north marker, when
you click down with the mouse button in orbit mode. To show again un-check
menu, use Show All or Show
Last Hidden
Turn these off as default under Edit>Preferences>General.
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