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razmosis13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
March 18, 2026
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Hidden Item / Layer Control

  • March 18, 2026
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Selecting a feature from the model tree and hiding its visibility will make the feature not visible.

 

Selecting a feature from the model in the workspace window and hiding its visibility places the feature on a hidden layer and it cannot be seen again (even if you make it visible on the model tree) unless you remove it from the hidden layer in the layer tree.

 

I don't understand why I cannot unhide it from the model tree without first removing it from the hidden layer on the layer tree.

 

I primarily use Creo for CAM programming and really have no use for layers, so I find this pretty annoying.  I don't think it was like this prior to going to 10.  Is there a fix for this behavior?

 

Thank you,

Matt

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Dale_Rosema
23-Emerald III
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
March 18, 2026

How are you hiding the feature from the model in the workspace window?

Are you running a mapkey?

If so, possibly the mapkey was set up to not just hide the model, but also move it to the hidden layer?

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razmosis13-AquamarineAuthor
13-Aquamarine
March 19, 2026

My thought is that this is something that happens in the CAM interface.  When I posted it, I thought it applied to both model and manufacturing, but in my quick search this morning to put up a recording I think I am convinced it's only on the manufacturing environment.

 

Either way, the visible / invisible process is or should be the same.  I select a feature in the workspace view, select invisible and it automatically places it on the hidden layer.  It even still shows up as visible in the model tree.  Now if I select the same feature in the model tree and select invisible, I can easily toggle visibility and the feature never gets placed on the hidden layer.

 

Matt

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