Filter a View

Use view filters to reduce and simplify what you see in graphic views. The software comes with one pre-defined, default view filter that shows all of the visible data in your project. Use this view filter, named All, as the staring point, and adapt it to create a set of basic view filters to fit your needs. Then, you can modify those view filters to build more subtle and complex ones.

Filter a view to inspect your project data: (simple)

Click the tab of the graphic view you want to filter.
Click in the view filter list on the toolbar, and select the view filter that meets your needs for the current view. Depending on the data in your project, the view changes.
The view filter list on the toolbar looks like this:
Note: The view filter list shows all of the view filters that have been created in the View Filter Manager. If no additional view filters have been created for the project, only the default All view filter is available.
Note: The All view filter cannot be deleted.
Select other view filters in the list to try other view filters. If the view filter you need has not been created yet, and you want to modify the existing view filter, use the procedure below.

Filter a view to inspect your project data:

Click the tab of the graphic view you want to filter.
Select View Filter Manager in Home > View.
The View Filter Manager displays.
Select a view filter in the View Filter drop -down list located near the top of the pane.
If you selected an unlocked view filter, and want to preserve the original, click the Copy Filter icon on the pane's toolbar to create a copy.
If desired, narrow the view filter by choosing a selection set in the Selection Set drop-down list located beneath the View Filter drop -down list.
Note: Selection sets are automatically created for many types of imported files. For more information on selection sets, see Create and Use Selection Sets.
If necessary, click the and icons to expand and collapse the groups.
Check and uncheck boxes to show and hide different data types and layers as you watch the changes in the graphic view.
For additional display style options, click the tabs at the bottom of the pane and change the settings as needed. Continue to experiment by making different combinations of data visible. This will help you understand what is in your project.
If an unneeded view filter was created, click the Delete the current filter icon on the pane's toolbar to delete it. If you do not delete the view filter, it will be available in the view filter list on the toolbar.

Filter a view to see only one type of data:

Starting after step 4 above, click the and icons to expand and collapse the groups if necessary.
Tip: In the View Filter Manager, you can expand/collapse all groups by pressing Shift when you click the / icons next to any group.
Right-click the name of a data type you want to view, and select View Only This from the context menu. All of the other boxes in the group are automatically unchecked so that only the selected object type is visible.
Or
Right-click on the tree view and select Hide All from the context menu. All of the boxes in the group are automatically unchecked.
Check the box for the one object type you want to see.
Note: When using View Only This or Hide All, the check boxes in other groups are not affected. If you want to see only one data type from all groups, uncheck the boxes next to the other group names before selecting View Only This or Hide All.
Note: There are two things that affect whether an object is visible in the graphic views: whether the box for the object type is checked, and whether the box for the layer that the object resides on is checked. If an object does not display as expected, make sure both boxes are checked. Generally, this only applies to Points and CAD Blocks, Lines, and Text (only available in the Advanced View Filter Settings dialog.

Filter a view to see only one layer:

See Isolate or Exclude a Layer.

Filter a view to see only objects in a selection set:

Selection sets are automatically generated by some types of imported files. You can also define them using selected objects in the Selection Explorer. Use selection sets to narrow the data included in a view filter.

Note: Selection sets can contain objects that have no visible display, such as coordinates. In the Selection Explorer, all selection sets are available. In the View Filter Manager, however, only selection sets that contain at least one visible object are available.

Select the All view filter in the View Filter drop-down list.
Select the selection set in the Selection Set drop-down list located beneath the View Filter drop -down list.
For the selected selection set, choose to display/hide the objects. Only the objects for the specified selection set is visible. See View Filter Manager Options for the basics and Advanced View Filter Settings for deeper options.

Filter a view to see everything but one data type or layer:

Select the All view filter in the View Filter Manager. Alternately, you can also check the box for each group or right-click in each group and select View All from the context menu to see all of the data.
Uncheck the box for just the data type or layer you want to hide.