topic hiding specific elements of a composite wall in Visualization

hiding specific elements of a composite wall

Helen123 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:48:23 GMT

Hello!

I was wondering if anyone knows a way to hide only certain elements of a composite wall using graphic overrides or any other way. In my case I would like to hide the gypsum boards (temporarily) from a composite wall that also contains concrete and insulation. I have attached two images of the wall in question. The first one depicts how the wall is without any graphic overrides and the other one with the graphic override I have created but which would ideally contain the outer contours of the wall and the one skin separator line (the insulation) which is shown by the blue line. Any help would be really appreciated! I thought of making the lines of the gypsum board in the composite white but I also need to save this in dwg and sadly they will appear there...

Operating system used: Mac Intel-based

Re: hiding specific elements of a composite wall

Lpalma — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:11:18 GMT

If your composite has its parts configured as core, finish, and others, you could filter it from the view settings in Structure Display.

View Settings Dialog Box

Partial Structure Display

Re: hiding specific elements of a composite wall

Helen123 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:19:04 GMT

Thank you so much for your answer, the only thing with using that method is that it doesn't show the total thickness of the wall, which is something I need to show on the drawing.

Re: hiding specific elements of a composite wall

Lingwisyer — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:26:28 GMT

You are needing to show the thickness of something you are not showing? Could you use a label together with the Partial Structure Display to show the thickness instead of a dimension? Unless you use static dimensions, you cannot dimension what is not on screen.

fyi. Graphic Overrides affect the entire element as one. There is currently no way to get them to target specific parts of an element such as a skin of a composite or a surface in an object.

Ling.

Re: hiding specific elements of a composite wall

Helen123 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:29:53 GMT

Hi Ling! Thank you for confirming my hunch regarding graphic overrides! I wanted the total thickness of the wall to appear because otherwise the furniture seemed weirdly placed on the floor plan. I guess what I am thinking is wishful thinking 🙂