SOLIDWORKS 2016 Component Visibility Toggle

New in SOLIDWORKS 2016 is the ability to toggle the visibility of assembly component solid and surface bodies by moving your pointer over a body in the graphics area and clicking the ‘Tab’ key to hide or the ‘Shift + Tab’ key to show. Check out the animated example below to see the SOLIDWORKS 2016 Component Visibility toggle in action:

Hide/Show Components with the Tab key

Show [all] hidden components

In addition if you are working in an assembly and you want to temporarily show one or more hidden bodies this is easily achieved with a tab key combination.

• Move your pointer to the graphics area,
• Press and hold Ctrl + Shift + Tab will temporarily display hidden bodies/components as transparent bodies.
• Click on a transparent body to make it visible.

Show All Components

Learn more about SOLIDWORKS 2016

To learn more about the latest enhancements view a recording of our recent SOLIDWORKS 2016 launch event. Or choose a training course for basic to advanced training.