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Displaying lightweight components

Lightweight components are a graphics-only representation of a design. You can adjust the transparency of the lightweight components in your design. If you do not see lightweight components when you open or insert a design, make sure your settings are configured to display them.

See also Lightweight components.

To adjust the transparency of lightweight components

1. Click the Transparency icon on the status bar.

2. Adjust the slider to set the opacity of the lightweight components in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace.. All lightweight components are displayed with this opacity.

To make a lightweight component appear solid

Select a lightweight component and press Ctrl+Shift+F8 to make the component appear solid. All other lightweight components still appear dim.

Before dimming, the lightweight components appear slightly transparent and their edges aren't displayed.

After dimming, all components regardless of lightweight status, become dim except the selected lightweight component.