ToggleVisibility

Description

Hides and shows layers, objects, groups, partitions, polygons and polygon clusters.

Scripting Syntax

    ToggleVisibility( [Target], [PropertyName], [ThreeState] )

Parameters

Parameter | Type | Description
Target | String | List of objects to show or hide. Default Value: Current selection
PropertyName | String | Comma-separated list of visibility parameters to toggle. Default Value: visibility Possible Values: • visibility: View and Rendering visibility • viewvis: View visibility • rendvis: Render visibility • selectability: Selectability • ghosting: Animation ghosting
ThreeState | Boolean | Allow three state operation (on/off/neutral). Default Value: FALSE Possible Values: • TRUE: The command will cycle the value between ON/OFF/NEUTRAL states. Used to control three-state checkboxes. • FALSE: The command will toggle the value beteeen OFF/NEUTRAL. Used to implement visibility 'H' key command.

Examples

1. VBScript Example

    ' hiding a newly created 3D object
    CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"
    ToggleVisibility

2. VBScript Example

    ' hiding some polygons on a newly created 3D object
    CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"
    SelectObj "Sphere.poly[0-10]"
    ToggleVisibility
    SetDisplayMode "Camera", "shaded"

3. VBScript Example

    ' toggling the viewport visibility of all objects in the default layer
    ToggleVisibility "Layers.Layer_Default", "viewvis"

See Also

HideAndUnselect | HideUnselected

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