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Activating and Deactivating Objects

Learn more about activation status of objects.

Any objects that you deactive appear dimmed in the display of the main window and Database Navigator. In addition, the text OFF appears next to the object in the Database Navigator tree list.

Note that any geometry that you deactivate will not be included in mass calculations.

To activate or deactivate a selected object:

1.	Select the object to be activated or deactivated.

2.	From the Edit menu, select either Activate or Deactivate.

If you deactivated an object, Adams/View changes its color to indicate it is not active.

To change the activation status of an object on the screen and its children:

1.	Right-click the object you want to activate or deactivate.

 

Tip:	You can zoom in on the object on the screen to more easily place the cursor over just that object.

2.	From the shortcut menu that appears, select (De)activate.

The Deactivate/Activate Object dialog box appears.

3.	Set the activation of the object and select whether or not you want the object's children to inherit the activation status of the parent.

4.	Select OK.

To activate or deactivate an object using the Database Navigator:

1.	Double-click the background of the Adams/View main window to clear any selections.

2.	From the Edit menu, select Activate or Deactivate.

The Database Navigator appears.

3.	Select the object you want to activate or deactivate from the Database Navigator.

4.	Select OK.

To determine the activation status of an object:

•	Display information about the object as explained in Viewing Object Information. Be sure that Verbose is selected in the Information window so that the window displays all information about the object.