The Display toolbar controls what entities are displayed in the graphics area, primarily by masking entities in order to hide or display them. You can the toolbar on and off from View > Toolbars.
The following table describes the left- and right-click commands for each icon on the toolbar:
Icon |
LEFT-Click Operation |
RIGHT-Click Operation |
Mask Left-click to open Mask panel. |
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Reverse Elements Left-click to reverse the mask state of all elements in currently displayed components. |
Reverse All Right-click to reverse the mask state of all entities (elements, loads, etc.) in currently displayed collectors. |
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Unmask Adjacent Left-click to unmask the adjacent row of elements to the currently displayed elements. This operation turns on the display of currently displayed off components if any adjacent elements reside in those components. |
Same |
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Unmask All Left-click to unmask all entities (elements, loads, etc.) in currently displayed collectors. |
Same |
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Mask Not Shown Left-click to mask all entities (elements, loads, etc.) that are in currently displayed collectors and that are not currently shown in the graphics area because a portion of the model has been translated/rotated off the graphics area. |
Unmask Shown Right-click to unmask all entities (elements, loads, etc…) which are in currently displayed collectors and which are currently masked and would be shown in the graphics area if unmasked. |
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Spherical Clipping Left-click to open the Spherical Clipping panel. From this panel, select a center point and radius for the spherical clipping and click Enable. Click disable to disable spherical clipping. |
Hidden Line panel Right-click to open Hidden Line panel. |
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Find Left-click to open the Find panel. |
Same |
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Display Numbers Left-click to open the Numbers panel. |
Same |
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Display Element Handles Left-click to toggle on/off element handles. You can perform the same operation from Options > Graphics panel. |
Same |
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Display Load Handles Left-click to toggle on/off load handles. You can perform the same from the Options > Graphics panel. |
Same |
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Display Load Left-click to toggle on/off the display of loads with tail or head on the element surface. You can perform the same operation from the Options > Graphics panel. |
Same |
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Display Fixed Points Left-click to toggle on/off fixed points. You can perform the same operation from the Options > Graphics panel. |
Same |