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The Display toolbar controls what entities display in the graphics area, primarily by masking entities to hide or display. To turn the Display toolbar on and off, click View > Toolbars > Display.                  

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The table below describes the behavior of each tool button on the Display toolbar.

Icon

Left-click

LEFT Behavior

Right-click

RIGHT Behavior

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Mask

Opens the Mask panel.  

Same

 

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Reverse Elements

Reverses the mask state of all elements in currently displayed collectors.

Reverse All

Reverses the mask state of all entities (elements, loads, and so on) in currently displayed collectors.

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Unmask Adjacent

Unmasks the row of elements adjacent to the currently displayed ones. If some of the unmasked elements reside in components that are currently not displayed, those components will also be unmasked.

Same


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Unmask All

Unmasks all entities (elements, loads, and so on) in the currently displayed collectors.  

Same

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Mask Not Shown

Masks all entities (elements, loads, and so on,) located outside of the graphics area but in currently displayed collectors.  

Unmask Shown

Unmasks all entities (elements, loads, and so on) located outside of the graphics area but in currently displayed collectors.

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Spherical Clipping

Opens the Spherical Clipping panel, from which you can select a center point and radius for the spherical clipping and enable or disable it.

Same

 

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Find

Opens the Find panel.  

Same

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Display Numbers

Opens the Numbers panel.

Same

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Display Scale

Displays a scale in the lower, right-hand corner of the graphics area. Use this tool to measure different parts of your model. The numbers on the scale are dependent upon the dimension of the model and the zoom factor you are currently using in the graphics area.

Same


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Display Element Handles

Toggles element handles on/off. The same operation can be performed from the Graphics subpanel located in the Preferences > Graphics menu.  

Same

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Display Load Handles

Toggles load handles on/off. The same operation can be performed from the Graphics subpanel located in the Preferences > Graphics menu.

Same

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Change Load Vector (Tip/Tail) at Application Point

Points the load vector toward the load application point (tip), or away from the load application point (tail) when the tip or the tail of the load vector is attached to the load application point.

Note:The direction of the vector does not change when you select this option.

The same operation can be performed in the Visualization tab when Loads is selected.

Same


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Display Fixed Points

Toggles fixed points on/off. The same operation can be performed from the Graphics subpanel located in the Preferences > Graphics menu.

Same


 

See Also:

Toolbars