How to I hide mate connector that came in with a derived document?

OpenR2

So here I am. I thought everything was going to work. I put a lot of extra time in to try to just bully my way through this one...and I'm one click away from success and then a road block! Ugggg.

I derived a part studio with a mate connector. The mate connector is used to position the first clip spring. The I rotate two copies of it. I go back to hide the mate connector so I can have a clean look to the part studio before I release it....but I can hide the mat connector.

I tried going into the original document and hiding it but no luck in the derived feature.

its strange....color updates across the derived featue but not hide show?

OpenR2

Tim,

I don't see an eye next to the derived feature in the feature list.
And when I right click for the menu I only see supress and no hide.
Are you maybe using an alpha or beta version and not the production version?



Robert

NeilCooke

Only derived features that contain construction geometry have the hide icon - those that have sketches, planes, mate connectors.

OpenR2

I just thought of workaround but it's a hack....

1) hid the whole derived feature and make one more copy via roatation. But that leaves me wanting to take a shower! Lol.

Any other suggestions?

OpenR2

This worked as a workaround.

TimRice

Currently there is no way to hide the mate connector on mobile. However, in the browser version, you could hide the mate connector by toggling the "eye" next to the derived feature in the featurelist.

OpenR2

Tim,

I don't see an eye next to the derived feature in the feature list.
And when I right click for the menu I only see supress and no hide.
Are you maybe using an alpha or beta version and not the production version?



Robert

TimRice

No, I am using the production version, take a took at the attached screenshot. I apologize if my previous answer was unclear!

OpenR2

Tim. I have no eyeball on any of my derived features. And no hide/show in the derived feature contextual RMB menu. I am confused.

I do have eyeballs on features that don't directly contribute to the part or mesh. And then I have eyeballs on the part and mesh.

I see eyeballs on the origin point, the three primary planes. sketches, and mate connectors.

OpenR2

OK. I figured it out. The Derived feature must only get the eyeball if there is something more than a mesh in it? I was trying to select the derived features that didnt have anything but the mesh in it.

So that's a little counter intuitive....can you explain when the derivative feature will have the show/no show contextual menu and when it wont?

NeilCooke

Only derived features that contain construction geometry have the hide icon - those that have sketches, planes, mate connectors.

OpenR2

Thanks Neil.

I am going to copy the document (project) and start by switch all the STLs to Y-Axis up and putting explicit mate connectors on them. And run back through constructing the space reservation assembly.

Robert