On Tuesday 04 August 2020 16:32:45 Martin Dobbins wrote: > I probably need n!. I find I can't even make freecad-19 do what 16 can > do, make a part vanish so as to see whats behind it. The highlight > coloring works on THAT part, tap the space bar to make THAT part > vanish, and it blanks the whole assembly, no matter what part I've > clicked on... And it all comes back if I hit the spacebar again. > Cornfuzzin is what it is. Newer versions are supposed to add features, > not take them away. :( > > Hi Gene, > > I'm a newby too, so take this advice with a mountain of salt 🙂 > > Also, I'm not in a position to test what I'm saying so further "I > don't believe this" must be applied. > > You need to be over on the upper left-hand side in the tree menu, > there you can pick components out right click for context (or keyboard > shortcut) to make something disappear to see what's behind. Using > this tree menu means that you can also drill back to the original > sketch(es) and show those to remind yourself of original dimensions > > Martin
Unfortunately, that tree list is also blank in the 19 appimage. 16 shows it nicely, and a click on the part links back to the tree list. 19 does not. Or I haven't found the option to enable that. Bug, or big dummy, damnedifiknow. :) Thanks Martin. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
