What are these icons on my assembly and how do I turn them off?

Rhyc
Rhyc Member Posts: 5 ✭
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Fairly new to Onshape but not new to 3D CAD. I 'fat fingered' a right mouse click and turn on the display of icons that look like little coordinate systems on each component. What are these and how to I turn this off??

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  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,116 image
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    K
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,116 image
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    They’re called mate connectors - one of the most powerful features in Onshape. 
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA

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  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,116 image
    Answer ✓
    K
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • Rhyc
    Rhyc Member Posts: 5 ✭
    Yes - mostly. Thanks Neil. Still don't know what those icons are or what they are called. Can probably look it up from keyboard shortcuts, though.
  • NeilCooke
    NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 6,116 image
    Answer ✓
    They’re called mate connectors - one of the most powerful features in Onshape. 
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA
  • STEG
    STEG Member, User Group Leader Posts: 141 PRO
    @Rhyc
    You have to learn what these are!  ;)
    The Mate connectors are one of the most powerful feature in Onshape!
  • rehevkor5
    rehevkor5 Member Posts: 17 ✭
    You can hide them by right clicking on any of them and selecting "Hide all mate connectors".
  • Rhyc
    Rhyc Member Posts: 5 ✭
    Thanks for the help, all. I get it now. I had been using mate connectors to create mates but didn't look into them enough to even know what they were called. The nice thing about them, they are intuitive enough that I could use them pretty effectively by picking a mate tool and seeing them pop up on the objects - without even looking into them. That says a lot about how well the software is designed. But now that I've looked into them some more, yeah, great way to do mates. 

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