Hide/show group of parts

Is there a way to select a group of parts in model space and hide the rest
of the assembly. I am using 2004

 

No you can only select parts then hide those. If you want to hide other
parts then you will have to pick those. You can do it either in the Graphics
area of in the FM.

Regards,
Scott

 

Just a thought here. A macro should be able to traverse the FM tree and
reverse the selections. Then you could tell it to hide, suppress, etc.

WT

 

As an exercise for the student, make this macro a noshow. Hint: look
for the hidebodies method. Must preselect items to show or hide.

' ******************************************************************************
' SHOW.swb - macro recorded on 06/21/04 by kellnerp
' ******************************************************************************
Dim swApp As Object
Dim Part As Object
Dim boolstatus As Boolean
Dim longstatus As Long, longwarnings As Long
Dim FeatureData As Object
Dim Feature As Object
Dim Component As Object
Sub main()

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
Part.FeatureManager.ShowBodies
Part.ClearSelection2 True

End Sub

 

Try the Visibility Toggling program at:
http://www.kentcontract.com/swmacros.shtml

It cost's $20, but it does eactly what you're looking for plus a
couple other things.

Ken