You can hide selected objects in drawings and drawing views, for example, parts or marks. When you hide a part, Tekla Structures will hide all its related objects. Note that if an object is hidden in drawing views it will not be printed.

1. Open a drawing.
2. Check that the ghost outline option is selected in File > Settings > Ghost outline.
3. Select the Color mode by pressing B.

   Hidden objects are shown as ghost outlines in color drawings. In grayscale and black and white drawings, hidden objects are not shown even if Ghost outline is selected.

4. Select the objects you want to hide in one of the following ways:

   • Activate the appropriate selection switch and select the objects using area selection, for example. For example, to select parts, use Select parts in drawings.

   • Open the Drawing content manager from the side pane, and click Show to populate the Drawing content manager list. You can also select areas, single or multiple views, or single or multiple building objects to narrow down your selection. To select parts, ensure that building object selection is active , and to select marks, ensure that mark selection is active . Then select the desired building objects from the list.

5. On the Drawing tab, click Hide/show and one of the following commands:

   • Hide from view: Tekla Structures hides the selected object in the view where the selected objects are located.

   • Hide from drawing: Tekla Structures hides the selected object in all drawing views.

   You can also right-click and select the commands from the pop-up menu.

6. When you want to show the hidden objects again, go to the Drawing tab and click Hide/show and select Show in view or Show in drawing.

You can select whether to list the hidden parts in drawings, for example, in the material list.

1. Open a drawing containing hidden parts.
2. Double-click the drawing to open the drawing properties dialog box.
3. Click Layout...
4. Select whether you want to list the hidden parts in List hidden objects in templates. No removes all information about the hidden parts, also from the total weight.
5. Click Modify.

   In the example below, the hidden reinforcing bars are listed.

   

   In the example below, the hidden reinforcing bars are not listed.

   

You can hide and show the dimensions of the sketch objects in drawings, such as lines, or arcs, from Quick Launch or by using a keyboard shortcut. By default, the dimensions are visible.