how to make invisible line visible again in a drawing?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

in a drawing I made some lines invisible (right-click on the line, and uncheck visibility). how can I make these lines visible again? for obvious reasons I can not right-click on them (they are not visible), and I don't find them in the browser tree.

Thanks

Daniel

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

Right click on the view and Show Hidden Edges.  All hidden edges will be shown in red, and selecting them changes them to green.  Then right click > Done, and the green ones are now visible.

[Anonymous]

Sam you're super

[BLDG_orange]

Is this function only available on windows?  I don't seem to have this option on my Mac Ultimate version.

[BLDG_orange]

Sorry. Thought this was a Fusion forum. Disregard.

[jmhanbyV4TDM]

How do you get the original linework back after using the invisible linework tool? I made some halftone lines invisible using the linework tool.  I now need them back.  I used the linework tool to make thin lines but it won't let me select them to make them halftone.  Is it possible to get the original linework back the way it was?

[SBix26]

Are you sure you're in the right forum?  I don't know anything about a "linework tool" in Inventor...

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Sam B

Inventor Pro 2022.2.2 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

[dewaldsEP3A4]

This function works very good.

I saw that if you right click and click on "Show All", it shows all the lines instead of selecting each line that want to show, and this is effective if you want retrieve all hidden lines.

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

I never noticed this before.  You get this option once the Show Hidden Lines tool is active-- you right click and pick Done (to accept changes you've made) or Show All to immediately exit the SHL tool with all view edges visible.

Note, too, that window selection tools work in the SHL tool, so even without the Show All option it's very quick to simply window select the whole view and Done.

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Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025.1.2 | Windows 11 Home 23H2