Now I can suppress an imported part; so the entities still show up,

but the mesh doesn't get combined. That effectively hides it, good
for looking inside and such.

[git-p4: depot-paths = "//depot/solvespace/": change = 1860]

file.cpp

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ const SolveSpace::SaveTable SolveSpace::SAVED[] = {
     { 'g',  "Group.predef.negateU",     'b',    &(SS.sv.g.predef.negateU)     },
     { 'g',  "Group.predef.negateV",     'b',    &(SS.sv.g.predef.negateV)     },
     { 'g',  "Group.visible",            'b',    &(SS.sv.g.visible)            },
+    { 'g',  "Group.suppress",           'b',    &(SS.sv.g.suppress)           },
     { 'g',  "Group.remap",              'M',    &(SS.sv.g.remap)              },
     { 'g',  "Group.impFile",            'P',    &(SS.sv.g.impFile)            },
     { 'g',  "Group.impFileRel",         'P',    &(SS.sv.g.impFileRel)         },

groupmesh.cpp

@@ -511,8 +511,9 @@ void Group::GenerateMesh(void) {
     runningMesh.Clear();
 
     // If this group contributes no new mesh, then our running mesh is the
-    // same as last time, no combining required.
+    // same as last time, no combining required. Likewise if we have a mesh
-    if(thisMesh.l.n == 0) {
+    // but it's suppressed.
+    if(thisMesh.l.n == 0 || suppress) {
         runningMesh.MakeFromCopy(PreviousGroupMesh());
         goto done;
     }

sketch.h

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ public:
     hGroup      opA;
     hGroup      opB;
     bool        visible;
+    bool        suppress;
+
     bool        clean;
     bool        vvMeshClean;
     hEntity     activeWorkplane;

textscreens.cpp

@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ void TextWindow::ScreenChangeMeshCombine(int link, DWORD v) {
     SS.GenerateAll();
     SS.GW.ClearSuper();
 }
+void TextWindow::ScreenChangeSuppress(int link, DWORD v) {
+    SS.UndoRemember();
+
+    Group *g = SS.GetGroup(SS.TW.shown.group);
+    g->suppress = !(g->suppress);
+    SS.MarkGroupDirty(g->h);
+    SS.GenerateAll();
+    SS.GW.ClearSuper();
+}
 void TextWindow::ScreenChangeRightLeftHanded(int link, DWORD v) {
     SS.UndoRemember();
 
@@ -412,8 +421,16 @@ void TextWindow::ShowGroupInfo(void) {
             Group::COMBINE_AS_ASSEMBLE,
             (asy || !asa ? "" : "assemble"), (asy && asa ? "assemble" : ""));
     }
-    if(g->type == Group::IMPORTED && g->meshError.yes) {
+    if(g->type == Group::IMPORTED) {
-        Printf(false, "%Fx         the parts interfere!");
+        if(g->meshError.yes) {
+            Printf(false, "%Fx         the parts interfere!");
+        }
+        bool sup = g->suppress;
+        Printf(false, "%FtSUPPRESS%E %Fh%f%Ll%s%E%Fs%s%E / %Fh%f%Ll%s%E%Fs%s%E",
+            &TextWindow::ScreenChangeSuppress,
+            (sup ? "" : "yes"), (sup ? "yes" : ""),
+            &TextWindow::ScreenChangeSuppress,
+            (!sup ? "" : "no"), (!sup ? "no" : ""));
     }
 
     if(g->type == Group::EXTRUDE ||

ui.h

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public:
     static void ScreenChangeOneOrTwoSides(int link, DWORD v);
     static void ScreenChangeSkipFirst(int link, DWORD v);
     static void ScreenChangeMeshCombine(int link, DWORD v);
+    static void ScreenChangeSuppress(int link, DWORD v);
     static void ScreenChangeRightLeftHanded(int link, DWORD v);
     static void ScreenChangeHelixParameter(int link, DWORD v);
     static void ScreenColor(int link, DWORD v);