Controlling the BIM Entities Display¶
The Entities category displays the entities of each imported BIM file in a tree view grouped according to their category and type. All categories of named entities contained in the BIM file are taken into account.
Note: The Entities category displays only after you unlock the BIM file.
The tree view lets you browse the BIM file entities. Clicking an entity or a category of entities in the tree view selects the entities in the graphics area. Additionally, double-clicking a file in the tree view selects all entities of the file in the graphics area.
To display the categories in the BIM file tree view, click the ( 
) sign in front of a BIM file.
You can show or hide entities and categories of entities individually or according to a category.
You can:
Display or hide one entity
Display or hide certain entities
Display or hide entities of one file
Display or hide a category of entities
Display or hide entities of a floor
To expand or collapse all categories:
On the BIM Navigator palette, click Entities.
Do one of the following:
Click Expand
to expand all categories from all imported BIM files.Click Colapse
to colapse all categories from all imported BIM files.
To show or hide all entities:
On the BIM Navigator palette, click Entities.
Click
to show or hide all entities from all imported BIM files in the graphics area.
You can also show these categories in the BIM file tree view by clicking the sign ( ) sign in front of a BIM file (which expands the categories list).
To show or hide the entities of a category:
On the BIM Navigator palette, click Entities.
In the tree view, click the icon in the corresponding Show cell.
A green dot
means show. A gray dot 
means hide.
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