Selection Filters: A Quicker Way to Hide Joint Icons

[tookemtoni]

Selecting joint icons to hide them is quite tedious. Is there a quicker way? I would love to have a keyboard toggle set to filter joints (or any other element).  Like we use the keys 1, 2, 3 (window, paint, freeform) for the selection styles.

See demo video. FYI I am using the V key to hide the joints

[TrippyLighting]

Object visibility settings. I would personally prefer to have to do less clicking to access those.

Maybe not a keyboard shortcut, but have them accessible at the bottom of the screen. 

[TheCADWhisperer]

@tookemtoni 

Why not simply click on the eyeball in front of the Joint Folder?

or

for specific Joints

expand the folder and Shift or CTRL select (I assume there is a similar CMD technique on Mac.

I feel like I must be missing something.

[TrippyLighting]

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

@tookemtoni 

Why not simply click on the eyeball in front of the Joint Folder?

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If you have an assembly with multiple linked subassemblies, or you work a lot with explicit joint origins, also in nested in linked components, then having a global on/off toggle  definitely helps.

[tookemtoni]

Hey @TrippyLighting,

Thanks for bringing that "object visibility" setting to my attention. I did not know about that. It would work except there's one important joint that I need visible to control these multi axis hinges. See video demo.

I think I also just need to be more vigilant about hiding the joints in the assemblies and subassemblies and xrefs.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@tookemtoni wrote:

I think I also just need to be more vigilant about hiding the joints in the assemblies and subassemblies and xrefs.

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Create a hinge with all joints including the limits of motion, make the symbols invisible, save it as an assembly and insert it into current design.

günther