Why does everything else disappears while working on a group

[ken28875]

Hi there,

It is the first time that it happens and I have no idea why.

I have many groups in my Sketchup file and when I "edit group" or "edit component", the rest of the model disappears but the group/component that is active.

It's kind of cool, by automatically hiding the rest of the model when working on the current geo, but most of the time I need to see the other objects around it.

I'd appreciate if someone knows the cause and how to fix it.

Thank you,

_KN

[Marian]

It is nothing broken. It's a normal function which is quite useful sometimes.
Go to View tab/Component edit and uncheck hide rest of model. I recommend experimenting with those, as it may be very useful.

[ken28875]

@marian said:

It is nothing broken. It's a normal function which is quite useful sometimes.
Go to View tab/Component edit and uncheck hide rest of model. I recommend experimenting with those, as it may be very useful.

Hi Marian,

Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, that's "hide rest of model". I don't know how it got checked.

That's good to know.

Have a nice day!

_KN

[thomthom]

I got that mapped to shortcut V and Hide Similar Components mapped to Shift+C. Use them all the time when modelling. Invaluable.

[ken28875]

@thomthom said:

I got that mapped to shortcut V and Hide Similar Components mapped to Shift+C. Use them all the time when modelling. Invaluable.

Thanks, Thomas.

Good tips.

_KN

[MEALFA]

Thanks a lot