Mask menu and F-Key Shortcuts

The mask functionality is moved to idle mode and the model browser.

Here is the help page for current shortcuts:
https://help.altair.com/hwdesktop/hwx/topics/preferences/keyboard_shortcuts_mouse_controls_global_r.htm

The mask functionality is moved to idle mode and the model browser.

Here is the help page for current shortcuts:
https://help.altair.com/hwdesktop/hwx/topics/preferences/keyboard_shortcuts_mouse_controls_global_r.htm

Hi Ben,

Thank you for this. So just so I am clear the 'mask' function is now just the 'Hide' option? Does that mean you can now no longer hide single elements or 'hide by face' or 'hide by adjacent' or 'hide by attached', etc anymore? These were very useful functions so I don't know why they would be removed.

Thanks,

Michael

Hi Ben,

Thank you for this. So just so I am clear the 'mask' function is now just the 'Hide' option? Does that mean you can now no longer hide single elements or 'hide by face' or 'hide by adjacent' or 'hide by attached', etc anymore? These were very useful functions so I don't know why they would be removed.

Thanks,

Michael

All of these options I covered in the idle mode. It is a little bit of a paradigm shift but instead of picking mask then selecting your entities you pick your entities then select hide. So any way you can select entities you can use to hide them.

Example: Hiding elements on a face. (Requirements: have a model with elements on a face and be in idle mode i.e. no tools open)

1. hit "e" to change the selection to elements
2. hold down alt and select a face
3. hit "h"

Once you get use to it, I think the selection paradigm shift is when of the strengths of the new version.

Here is the selection help page:

https://help.altair.com/hwdesktop/hwx/topics/user_interface/selection_c.htm