OBM - is it possible to turn of the pierline text?

Sorry about that Michael. I see that Sri had suggested that in the beginning.

yes. however the pier line text isn't the problem (since it can be tuned off), its the text that attached to other components, for instance, bearings. That text cant be turned off without turning off the bearings. Only the pierline text is separated from the components in explorer.

I just wonder if turning off the Pierlines in Project Explorer will work for you.

this only works for plan views, to an extent. for sections, where the text goes is along the clip plane, this wont work for. additionally, if i have a bridge and the footings are below elevation 0, the text goes right through my section and in plan view and i wont be able to show the footings if the are beyond the clip plane.

As a temporary workaround for now:

All of the text and line graphics for a bearing group are at elevation 0.  As a temporary work-around set the view’s display depth to start at a value above Z=0. This will set the view's front and back clipping planes of what can be displayed. Only elements located between the front and back clipping planes are then seen.