NX 7.5 ANT settings, HIDE / SHOW behavior
NX 7.5 ANT settings, HIDE / SHOW behavior
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Is there a setting which controls the hide/show behavior in the ANT tool?
I have noticed that I can have a child part shown while a couple of levels of parent parts containing the child are hidden. Is there a setting that would have everything in a hidden parent hidden also?
Thank you.
I have noticed that I can have a child part shown while a couple of levels of parent parts containing the child are hidden. Is there a setting that would have everything in a hidden parent hidden also?
Thank you.





RE: NX 7.5 ANT settings, HIDE / SHOW behavior
To somehow 'lock out' the display behavior of lower level Components based on the display status of a parent would be very confusing and difficult to manage to say nothing of then having to convey this status to the user so that he knows exactly why he's not allowed to change the status of an individual Component simply because of the status of a parent. And while one might argue that in the case of a Hidden subassembly this won't be all that hard to grasp, what happens when someone tries to Hide a child of a parent that has been locked in Show mode (after all, if we do it for a Hide status why would we not do it for a Show status of a parent as well).
I think you will find that the way it works now is not only logical but easy to use. If you wish to return a subassembly to a consistent all Hidden or all Shown status, it's a simple task of selecting the parent and cycling the Hide/Show status which will automatically be applied to all the children.
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