About Hiding Features and Entities
Creo Parametric allows you to hide and unhide selected model features and entities in the current Creo Parametric session.
To save design time, you can use the following mini toolbar or the > options to hide or show, features and entities:
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Hide — Hides the selected features, components, and layers.
Hide — Hides the selected features, components, and layers.• Show:
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Show — Shows the selected features, components, and layers.
Show — Shows the selected features, components, and layers.◦ 
Show Only — Shows only the selected feature and hides all other features of the same type. You can use this option on planes, coordinate systems, axes, points, curves, quilts, and components.
Show Only — Shows only the selected feature and hides all other features of the same type. You can use this option on planes, coordinate systems, axes, points, curves, quilts, and components.◦ 
Show All Except — Hides the selected feature and shows all other features of the same type. You can use this option on planes, coordinate systems, axes, points, curves, quilts, and components.
Show All Except — Hides the selected feature and shows all other features of the same type. You can use this option on planes, coordinate systems, axes, points, curves, quilts, and components.◦ 
Unhide All — Shows all hidden non-layer model features.
Unhide All — Shows all hidden non-layer model features.You can also perform the following tasks
• You do not have to assign the entities to a layer and then blank the entire layer.
• You can hide and redisplay individual datum features, such as datum planes and datum axes, without having to hide or redisplay all of the datum features at once.
• You can use the Model Tree search capability ( > ) to select all features of a specified type (for example, all features of the same type in all components within an assembly) and then hide them using > .
The following types of features and entities can be hidden:
• Individual datum features: planes, axes, points (whole arrays), coordinate systems (as opposed to hiding or showing all entities at once)
• Curve features (whole curves, not individual curve segments)
• Quilts (whole quilts, not individual surfaces)
• Features that contain datum entities, curves, and quilts
• Assembly components
• Annotations
When you hide (or show) a feature with a single quilt, or the single quilt entity, both the feature and the quilt are hidden (or shown) together. Exceptions to this behavior include:
• If the feature consists of multiple quilts, hiding the feature does not hide the quilts. This functionality applies only to a one-to-one relationship between the feature and a quilt.
• If the feature has any external entities attached to it, such as curves, datums, or coordinate systems (CSYS), the feature is not hidden.
• In the Enclosure Volume feature, for Optimized orientation, you can create a CSYS by selecting Create box geometry. In this case, hiding the feature does not hide the quilt, as the CSYS is attached to it.
When you hide an item, Creo Parametric removes the item from the graphics window. The hidden item remains in the Model Tree list, and its icon dims to reveal its hidden status. When you unhide an item, its icon returns to normal display (undimmed) and the item is redisplayed in the Graphics window.
You can save or reset a layer display status as follows:
Save Status—To save the current layer display status, on the View tab, click the arrow next to Status and then click 
Save Status.
Save Status. | Saving the object does not save the current layer display status. To save the current layer display status when saving the object, you must use >  Save Status and then save the object. |
Reset Status—If you change the layer display status after you have saved a status then to revert to the last saved layer display status, on the View tab, click the arrow next to Status and then click 
Reset Status.
Reset Status.