Can't get back hidden edges in SW2004.

O.k. maybe I'm simply doing something wrong here, but in a drawing if
I select an edge and hide it, I can't get it back. I move my mouse
over where it should be and it should highlight so I can select it and
un-hide it. You can't. Maybe I haven't got something set up right in
the options or something, but it happens no matter what drawing I pull
up. Could anyone verify this? I hope it's just my options and not
another bug.

Lon

 

Tools>Options> System Options tab> Drawings> check "Select Hidden Entities"

MT

 

This is definately broken. I even added the Hide Edge and Show Edge buttons
to my toolbar, tried using them, right-clicked on the view>properties>show
hidden edges tab, deleted Extrude1...nothing is making the lines come back.
The select hidden lines in the system properties is for selecting lines that
you couldn't see in when shaded or hidden lines are removed, not hidden
edges in a drawing. Hidden edges and hidden lines are different. Hidden
edges are selected edges that the user decided to hide. Hidden lines are
edges of the part that are unseen when HLR or Shaded mode is used.

 

Worked for me in SP0

 

Darn. Was looking under the Tools>Options>Display/Selection instead of
Drawings subcategory. Works as it should. This leads me to wonder, why would
you ever want this option turned off and why isn't it On by default?

 

I would think you would normally want it off so you didn't inadvertently
grab a hidden entity in you drawing. Seems that if you have something
hidden, it's not meant to interact with the user in that view. I don't
know - maybe I'm missing the point here.

WT