Display Bar

This vertical bar enables to access rapidly display options for elements in the working area:

On the top is the dialog of filters [1], which enables to hide geometric elements by type, by color, by layer, etc.
Below are the display tabs for elements considered as ‘major’, namely the solid [2], the stock [3], the symbols (vices, clamps…), and the tools. Those buttons enable to hide/display those elements and to manage their transparency with 1 only click.

The display tabs of major elements are contextual, they appear only if elements do exist.

Also, the filters defined have priority on the display tabs: if one element is filtered, its rapid display button is not accessible!

Dialog of geometric filters

▶️	You can watch a video on use of Filters at the bottom of page: Click here

When you open the filters dialog, it closes automatically after 10 seconds with a fading!

General characteristics

You can let the dialog open with the pin icon. [1]

You have 3 tabs [2]:

Elements & Colors: to hide the elements or color (all the blue elements for example)
Layers & Planes: to hide all the elements belonging to one or several layers or planes.
Lines (types and Thickness): to hide the elements by their type of line or thickness.

You can filter according to families [3]:

2D
3D
Machining
Workplanes

Check the box [4] to see the filtered elements enable to visualize the filtered elements, that is to say that those elements are still visible while being inactive (cannot be selected).

The button [5] cancel all filters enables to reset all the filters applied in the dialog, and also cancel the actions done with the command ‘hide’, which is available in the menu Edit and in the contextual popups.

You can watch a video Clearing all Filters: (double-click in the video to enlarge it!)

Cancel [6] resets all the filters applied for the current type of filter

Invert [7] the selection enables to see only one type of element if you first filter it. For example, in a multitude of colors used, if you want to see only the blue elements you can do it by filtering the blue color, then inverting the selection.

Filter by Elements

Each type of element has its own icon. The active elements have their icon in color and pressed (in blue). To filter a type of element, for example the dimensions, click the icon and it becomes grey.
If a 'family' is unchecked: all the elements are visible.
If a 'family' is checked: all the elements are hidden.
A square is displayed If the elements of a family are either hidden or selected.

Filter by Colours

Click on the color box so that all elements of this color are filtered. A ‘User’ icon appears then, to show the new status: here the yellow color is filtered, orange and blue are active.

Special cases:

2 colors icon are special because they are always given to one type of element: unbounded elements (line, circle) and dimensions.
Sometimes, a ‘Warning’ icon appears on one color box. This icon indicates that some elements with this color have been filtered by another kind of filter (type of line, type of element, etc.).

Filter by Planes and Layers

To filter by planes and layers, simply uncheck the corresponding box.

All the elements belonging to the plane or the layer unselected are not accessible anymore.

In the example on the right, all the elements of Layer 1 ‘Title block’ are filtered.

Automatic Filters: sometimes the ‘2’ of GO2cam appears on one type of element. It shows that an automatic filter is active. The user can cancel this automatic filter and then choose to see or not the element. Consequently, there are 3 levels of filters, let’s explain it with the stock:

	Automatic mode: GO2cam filters the stock in geometry menus and shows it in machining.
	User mode: the user chooses to see the stock at any time.
	User mode: the user chooses to filter the stock at any time.

The automatic filters are applied on several types of elements:

The lines, filtered in machining,
The axis, filtered in machining,
The stock, filtered in geometry,
The symbols, filtered in geometry.

The systems of axis of planes have another behavior:

	In automatic mode, the system of axis of the current plane is always displayed.
	In active mode the systems of axis of all the planes are visible,
	In inactive mode there is no visible system of axis.

Display of major elements

Those elements are the solids, the stock, the symbols (vices, clamps…), and the tools. The display tabs are contextual, they appear only if the elements do exist. They are also dependent of any action in the filters: if an element is filtered, the corresponding display tab disappears!

2 actions are possible on the 4 elements:

a left click on the element icon enables to hide it (and display it). By default the element is visible [1], when it is hidden the cloud icon [2] is positioned on it.

a middle click on the element icon enables to activate transparency. The small arrow becomes green to indicate the change.

By clicking this arrow [3], you can access a cursor to adjust transparency intensity [4].

You can also directly click the arrow when it is blue to activate and adjust transparency.

In turning, the cursor bars for part and stock enable to accede to a 120° section [5]. The section is always done on the 2 elements at the same time.

Special case: the tab of Tools appears only during selection of machining operations and simulation. The left click on the tool does not hide the tool but its toolholder if he has one.

▶️	You can watch a video about the use of Filters: