Hiding Multiple Items In Linked Model

[TerribleTim]

I've got a linked model that my PM wants me to hide some of the walls fro mthe linked model, but not all of them. So I can't use VG to turn them off because that turns off all of the walls in the linked model. I know how to select the individual items and hide them one at a time. Is there a way to select several items in the linked model to hide them all at once? Or am I stuck doing it one item at a time?

[arb]

tab select one item, hold down control, tab select additional items, hide elements in view.

just tried it; it works for me.

- Alex

[TerribleTim]

Thanks Alex, I'll give that shot. I knew the tab-select thing worked, just the multiple item thing was the issue. One at a time was killing me.

[kmarquis]

I had this issue with my last project. I went into the consultants model I had linked in and moved the specific elements to a different workset named "No Import" and then I just didn't import that workset. I then had the consultants put those items on a "No Import" workset for future models I received from them instead of doing the same thing every time. I didn't want to have to Element Hide the same walls in every view I created.

[dkoch]

If either you or the creator of the linked file can set up the unwanted Walls in a separate Workset, as kmarquis mentioned, that would probably be the easiest method. Another option would be to set up a Filter, provided that you can find some parameter that makes those Walls distinct from other Walls. For example, if the Walls are all of one Type, you could set up a Filter based on the Type name. If there are multiple Types, but they all share a unique character sequence in the Type name, that would also work. If you can set up one or more Filters that can act on the Walls you need hidden, you can use the Filters to control the graphics, including turning off visibility (on a per view basis).