Hidden Parts

3D Design Assembly
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Hello

Sorry for my stupid question but in solidworks I have an assembly of a hundred parts I hide some parts for my design needs
Is there a button to make all the hidden pieces appear at once?

Thank you in advance for your answers

Happy holidays

Hervé

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6 Essential Shortcuts of SOLIDWORKS Composer (visiativ.com)

If it can help you normally by selecting them, it works (except for me :sweat_smile:)

If not, in the tree you have a column dedicated to this hidden action. By selecting all your parts by pressing Ctrl and with your mouse you select one of the parts logos, and all your parts are hidden

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Hello

In addition to @FRED78's answer
If the need is recurrent, managing several display states would not be silly (one state with everything visible and others with some parts / sub-assemblies).

Otherwise, working with sub-assemblies (possibly virtual if you don't want to manage them) can greatly facilitate the designs (it already allows you not to have 8000 constraints in the main assembly so limits the risk of red constraints on the 8000th).

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Hello

To view hidden components in SolidWorks, you can use the " Show Hidden Components" option on the context menu or the Assembly toolbar. Then you just have to select all of them to make them disappear from this view and appear in the normal graphic view.

Methods to View Hidden Components

  1. Use the right click :

  • Right-click an empty area in the graphics area.

  • Select " Show Hidden Components ". This will display all the hidden components in the assembly.

  1. Use the Assembly toolbar :
  • Click the " Show Hidden Components" icon on the Assembly toolbar. This will open a dialog box where you can select the components you want to view.
  1. View with dependents :
  • Another method is to use the " View with Dependents " feature, which can quickly display all hidden components, whether they are top-level or buried multiple levels deep.
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Hello
There is also the possibility of working with display states
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See " Configurations " tab
So lots of solutions available to answer your question

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Hello Herve,
To answer your question there is a way to see only the hidden rooms and when you select them they switch to the visible rooms
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Hi @FRED78 ,
In the options check " Enable hidden component preview"?
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Then you select the hidden room in the featuremanager and it will appear transparently

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Hello @Le_Bidule

Indeed this option is checked at home, I can see the hidden element when I select it.

:+1:

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Hello, there is this option too
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with right click and show right after

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Happy New Year 2026

Thank you all for the answers, it helped me a lot

Hervé

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And again right-click on the SW wallpaper, then Show hidden components:
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After a few seconds select all the hidden elements you want to show (selecting everything if necessary) and then exit the hidden show:
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Who can top that? :money_mouth_face:

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Du Chatertone
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:grinning:

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