U225X PUBLIC-SAFE CONVERSATION NOTE

RECORD: CHAT-0348
TOPIC: SolidWorks Plane Visibility Issues
IMPORTED: 2026.06.15

This note was generated from a matching conversation in the supplied ChatGPT export.
EXTRACTED REQUEST: CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHY I CAN'T SHOW MY WORK PLANES. i TRIED TO HIT THE EYE BALL AND IT WON'T LET ME TURN THEM ON

RECOVERED CONVERSATION EXCERPTS
USER MESSAGES:
1. CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHY I CAN'T SHOW MY WORK PLANES. i TRIED TO HIT THE EYE BALL AND IT WON'T LET ME TURN THEM ON
2. WHY DO I HAVE 2 FEATURE TRWEE BROWSERS

ASSISTANT RESPONSES:
1. From your screenshot, I can actually see that Plane13 is visible (the blue plane with the "PLANE13" label in the graphics area), so SolidWorks is not globally hiding planes. A few things jump out: 1. You may be editing a subassembly with Display States I see multiple instances of: - `MW-C0221-124381-MNT-002<8>` - `MW-C0221-124381-LDR-001<1>` and the feature tree is showing a lot of planes but only one is displaying. Try: View → Hide/Show → Planes or press: View > Hide/Show Items (eyeglasses icon) > Planes and make sure the icon is not gray.. 2. Check if the individual planes are hidden In the tree: - Right-click `PLANE3`, `PLANE4`, etc. - Do you see Show or Hide? If it says Show, the plane itself is hidden. Yo…
2. You have two FeatureManager trees because you've accidentally split the FeatureManager pane. In your screenshot, the left side is divided into: - Top tree → showing one component's planes/features - Bottom tree → showing another component's planes/features Notice the horizontal divider bar between them. To get back to a single tree: 1. Put your mouse on the horizontal gray divider between the two trees. 2. When the cursor changes to the resize cursor, drag it all the way down (or all the way up). 3. The second tree should disappear. Or: 1. Click in the FeatureManager area. 2. Go to View > User Interface > FeatureManager Tree Area and make sure it isn't split. 3. You can also right-click inside the tree area an…

EXTRACTED KNOWLEDGE / HOW-TO
- `MW-C0221-124381-MNT-002<8>`
- `MW-C0221-124381-LDR-001<1>`
- *View → Hide/Show → Planes
- *View > Hide/Show Items (eyeglasses icon) > Planes
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- Right-click `PLANE3`, `PLANE4`, etc.
- Do you see Show or Hide?
- Check:
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