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# Select & Hide

<figure><img src="/files/o83CXtFIpagmVPRqhoim" alt=""><figcaption><p>Select &#x26; Hide in Toolbar</p></figcaption></figure>

“Select & Hide” collects information about the elements present in view and represents them in the table as the tree of information according to configuration. A newly modeled element is automatically added to the table if it meets the configuration criteria.

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If a view is bound by a Crop View or Section Box, Select & Hide will analyze only the elements present in the view's initial boundaries. To reset the filter for the new boundaries, turn on a different configuration and then switch back to the original one.

#### Configurations

<figure><img src="/files/ggWAgg0XKsvT3Swm4whM" alt=""><figcaption><p>Configuration selection</p></figcaption></figure>

Select & Hide configurations are settings for element representation in the window.

The configuration consists of two settings: **Select Categories** and **Configure Tree**.

<figure><img src="/files/SQDIZw0FCWRpY4dl2mP3" alt=""><figcaption><p>"Select Categories" button</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/v8mGE2kzvJYfjBZnaXE6" alt=""><figcaption><p>"Configure Tree" button</p></figcaption></figure>

In **Select Categories**, the user can select categories of elements that should be analyzed and represented.

<figure><img src="/files/BJo1yiDkHdEP3FxRgd6Z" alt=""><figcaption><p>Category selection window</p></figcaption></figure>

In **Configure Tree**, the user can select parameters and their order according to which the tree view should be created.

<figure><img src="/files/ALsZPZEZ5LQUXAXx1lxE" alt=""><figcaption><p>Parameter selection for tree view</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
If the selected parameter is missing in the specific family, it will be represented as “**\<no parameter>**” in the tree view.
{% endhint %}

In the tree view of Select\&Hide, **click on the text line** to select all the elements under that branch that are present and visible in the current view.

<figure><img src="/files/kgrn5xAJNHUwbKeDpE2A" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

In the tree view, **click on the checkbox** for one of the branches in the tree view to hide all the elements under that branch present in the current view.

<figure><img src="/files/PEoUbZXuALbeqhuu7o8a" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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