All to Solid Transparent

Change All to Solid Transparent ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

Changes the display style of potentially all members in your current view to solid transparent. Members that require solids to be created will not be changed.
Solid transparent is a member display style that features transparent member main material and transparent connection material.

The same view before (left) and after (right) doing a Change All to Solid Transparent .
Before using this tool, you may want to turn Depth Checking off (if you want to change more members) or on (if you want to change fewer members).
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

Modeling (where Change All to Solid Transparent is a tool)
Solids Display Method (setup for solids display)
Depth Checking (affects Change All to Solid Transparent )
Create Solids (required for member solids display)
Solid and Stick Forms (topic) ( )

Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke Change All to Solid Transparent using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Change All to Solid Transparent icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' View -- Solids Mode ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose View > Change All to Solid Transparent .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Change All to Solid Transparent can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . ALL members in your current view (except those that have not yet undergone Create Solids ) are now displayed in solid transparent form. That is, both the main material and connection material of all affected members is transparent.

Tip: When you Open ( Ctrl + o ) other erection views, you will find that members changed to solid transparent in your current view are also solid transparent in those other views.