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Small FreeCAD tools that make a big difference.

Discover a small but powerful feature in FreeCAD that can make working with complex models much easier. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to toggle object visibility and how to show the axis in FreeCAD to better understand the orientation of your parts. These simple tools help you navigate assemblies, inspect models, and improve your CAD workflow.

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00:00In this video, you learn how to use visibility tools of the design tree in FreeCAD.
00:07The model you see is actually one body, as you can see here in the design structure.
00:15When you click on the eye icon next to the body, you can hide the whole body.
00:20Click on the eye icon again to make it visible.
00:27Next to the eye icon, you see a small arrow.
00:30When you click on it, it will collapse or expand all features inside it.
00:36One of them is the origin.
00:39By clicking the eye icon next to origin, you can show or hide all planes and axes.
00:50And when you click the small arrow next to origin, all axes and planes can be selected separately.
00:57Then you can toggle visibility for each axis and plane.
01:07When you hide the whole origin again, the selection of axes and planes will remain.
01:23An interesting detail to remember is the color of each axis.
01:36An interesting detail to remember is the color of each axis.
01:50When you click on the eye icon next to origin to hide it, also collapse it by clicking this small
01:55arrow.
01:58The same goes for each feature you added to a model.
02:02When you click the eye icon of the first feature, you will return to it.
02:06All later features will be hidden automatically.
02:09Click on the eye icon next to the first feature again to hide and again to show it.
02:16When you click the eye icon of a later feature, only that feature will become visible.
02:21The rest will be hidden again.
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02:27Thanks!
02:28When you expand features, you can get access to their sketches.
02:34All sketches can be turned on and off separately.
02:46When you hide all features, only the sketches that are shown will remain visible.
02:56Click on the eye icon next to a sketch to hide it.
03:02Now click on the eye icon next to the latest feature to show the complete model.
03:08When you select a feature or sketch, press spacebar to toggle its visibility.
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03:25See you there!
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