An Architect as sent me a drawing done in Archicad and then exported to AutoCAD for me to use.

The problem is when I open it in AutoCAD there
are elements not shown on the drawing but are there.  You can see they are
there by dragging your mouse over an area to highlight the elements.  When
you do this the hidden elements are revealed but I can’t find a way to keep
them from being hidden.I have tried the wipeout comments, i.e. turning the frames on etc but nothing is shown and the elements are still hidden. I can use the bring to front comment to pick certain hidden items but this isn't cost affective. Does anyone know of a way to get all the drawings elements shown on the screen.

please try this1-     In
wipout command, select frame /on

2-    
By dragging your mouse over an hidden area so
that all hidden objects  highlighted.

3-    
Use move command to move all
highlighted elements outside the wipout area.