Lock & Dim Lock

Click the Lock Selected button to visually remove all unselected elements from the current model view. This is useful when you are editing or printing a portion of a model and need to clear the model view of all items not involved.

To unlock the selected model elements in the model view, click the Unlock Selected button and the unselected items that were previously "removed" from the model view will be returned to the view in the unselected state.

Clicking the Dim Lock button causes all currently unselected elements to become visually dim or grayed out. While in the dim lock state, you will not be able to click on these dimmed elements, nor will they graphically show any labels or results. This is useful for when you want to keep a portion of your structure for visual reference only but also have it stay out of your way when modeling or reporting graphical results.

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Note: When you are in the dim lock state, you see a blue border around the 3D view panel.

To unlock the Dim Lock state, simply click the button and the dimmed elements will return back to their original state.