View Filter Manager

The View Filter Manager is a pane in which you can select data types and layers to specify what is visible in the current graphic view, helping you reduce and simplify what you see. As you make changes in the manager, the view updates to reflect them.

View filters are saved sets of criteria that control what data and layers are displayed in the views. View filters can be defined separately for each type of view so that only the data that is important for the current phase of your work is displayed. When you change to a different view, the current and available view filters may change as well, because view filters are saved with views. The view filters for each view in your project can be accessed from the view filter list on the toolbar.

Note: As a quick alternative to using the View Filter Manager to show and hide such objects as background images, surfaces, and point clouds, you can use the Toggle Visibility command, which does not require the View Filter Manager to be open. For instructions, see Show and Hide Objects Using the Toggle Visibility Command.

To display and pin the View Filter Manager:

Select View Filter Manager in Home > View.
The View Filter Manager displays, docked on the left side of the application window, or where you positioned it last.
Note: If the Project Explorer or Selection Explorer are also active, they may share the same pane, and be accessible as tabs at the bottom of the pane.
If desired, pin the manager open by clicking the Pin icon at the top of the pane. If the pane is unpinned, it can "slide" to the side and out of view. To show it again, click the View Filter Manager tab on the left edge of the application window.

Using the View Filter Manager

When you check and uncheck boxes for data types and layers in the View Filter Manager, the current view changes in response.
Arrange the order of the data type groups in the tree by right-clicking on a group and selecting Move Up or Move Down from the context menu.
To set the selectability of data types and layers, click the Advanced View Filter Settings icon on the pane's toolbar to display the Advanced View Filter Settings dialog.
You can access properties for any surface shown in the manager by right-clicking the surface name and selecting Properties in the context menu.
In the Layers group, you can select multiple layers and press [spacebar] to toggle their visibility on/off. In the Advanced View Filter Settings dialog, you can select multiple layers in the Selectable column and press [spacebar] to toggle their selectability on/off.