How to control the visibility of bodies in your SOLIDWORKS Drawing Views
Article by Sanja Srzic updated August 19, 2016
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In a SOLIDWORKS drawing, hiding/showing bodies can affect one view or all views.
Hide/Show a body from all views
Hiding/showing a body from the FeatureManager affects all views in the drawing and changes the visibility of the body in the model:

Hiding a body from the FeatureManager affects the model and all views

Body Hidden in All Views and in the Model
Hide/show a body from a single view
Hiding bodies from the view context menu applies to that view only:

Body is hidden only in the view in which the selection was made

Body Hidden in One View
Restore hidden bodies
A SOLIDWORKS drawing view body hidden in the view will be listed in View Properties, under Show/Hide Hidden Bodies. To make a hidden body visible, delete it from the list of excluded bodies:

Show Bodies
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