Why can't I hide this mate connector?

christopher_graham586

Why can't I hide the mate connector in this view?  It was created in the same way as many others that I can delete.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ac8a03af8ff43a46a62a24ad/w/c3221c8adb812f4ad7fed508/e/68f9f067af1d9c23685b166b

In general what are the rules about being able to hide mate connectors?  I find sometimes it's possible to hide them and sometimes not.  It would be nice to have a hide all mate connectors command.

christopher_graham586

Correction: Should have said - Why can't I hide the mate connector in this view?  It was created in the same way as many others that I can <hide>.

NeilCooke

If you press K on your keyboard it should show/hide them all. 

christopher_graham586

Thanks I didn't know about "K" for hiding mate connectors. That will be useful.  However it still won't hide the one I'm asking about that I can't hide by other methods either.  The "stuck" mate connector was created the same way as all others so I don't know why.  

owen_sparks

Sorry, I've not looked at your doc, but if you've patterned or transformed the part then it won't hide on a k key press, instead hide the pattern or transform feature in the feature tree.

OwS

christopher_graham586

I need to keep the transformed feature but hide the mate connector that was used to transform it.

owen_sparks

Hi, yes, that's what it'll do.

Hide the transform in the feature tree with the eye icon next to the feature. This will hide the the mate connector but keep the transform and the part. 

This differs from the suppress option which will turn off the transform itself.

@andy_morris (Onshape UX chap) this isn't at all intuitive!

Common misconceptions:-
(1) Show / Hide mate connectors does what it says on the tin.
(2) Hiding a feature in the tree disables it.

Cheers Owen S.