Visibility Tools

Trimble Connect for Windows' visibility tools allow you to modify how you view models.

Hide a Selection

In Trimble Connect for Windows, follow these steps to hide a selection.

  1. Load a model in the Trimble Connect for Windows 3D Viewer.
  2. Select the objects that you want to hide.
  3. On the toolbar, select Hide Selection.
Your selection is hidden.
You can revert by selecting Show All Objects.

Show Only the Selected Objects

In Trimble Connect for Windows, follow these steps to show only selected objects.

  1. Load a model in the Trimble Connect for Windows 3D Viewer.
  2. Select the objects that you want to show only.
  3. On the toolbar, select Show Only.
All other objects and models are hidden.
You can revert by selecting Show All Objects.

Enable Ghost Mode

In Trimble Connect for Windows, use ghost mode when you want to give context to the visible objects.

  1. Load a model in the Trimble Connect for Windows 3D Viewer.
  2. Select some objects and use either Hide Selection or Show Only to have some objects visible and others hidden.
  3. Turn on Ghost Mode located in the Visibility Toolbar.
The hidden objects are shown with a high transparency but cannot be selected.

Change Model Transparency

In Trimble Connect for Windows, use the model transparency setting if you want to adjust the transparency for all loaded models.

  1. Load a model in the Trimble Connect for Windows 3D Viewer.
  2. Use the slider to adjust the transparency.
The model transparency is adjusted.