HideUnselected

Introduced

1.0

Description

Hides unselected objects or polygons.

Scripting Syntax

HideUnselected( [Target], [PropertyName] )

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Target

String

List of objects. The command is applied to all unselected objects in this list.

Default Value: All objects

PropertyName

String

Visibility parameters to set.

Default Value: visibility

Possible Values:

• visibility: View and Rendering visibility

• viewvis: View visibility

• rendvis: Render visibility

• selectability: Selectability

Examples

1. VBScript Example

NewScene

CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"
Translate , -6, 0, 0, siAbsolute, siView, siObj, siXYZ, True, , , , , , , , , 0
CreatePrim "Torus", "MeshSurface"
CreatePrim "Cube", "MeshSurface"
Translate , 7, 0, 0, siAbsolute, siView, siObj, siXYZ, True, , , , , , , , , 0

SelectObj "sphere,cube"

logmessage "Selection before hiding: " & Selection.count & " objects"
for each obj in Selection
logmessage "    " & obj
next

MsgBox "About to perform HideUnselected..."
HideUnselected

logmessage "Selection after hiding: " & Selection.count & " objects"
for each obj in Selection
logmessage "    " & obj
next

2. VBScript Example

' Create a sphere, select some polygons and hide the unselected ones
NewScene 

SetDisplayMode "Camera", "shaded"
CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"
SetValue "sphere.polymsh.geom.subdivu", 30
SetValue "sphere.polymsh.geom.subdivv", 30
SetValue "sphere.Scene_Material.Phong.diffuse.blue", 0
SetValue "sphere.Scene_Material.Phong.diffuse.red", 1
SetValue "sphere.Scene_Material.Phong.diffuse.green", 1

ActivatePolygonSelTool
SelectGeometryComponents "sphere.poly[168,169,170,198,199,200,258,259,260,288,289,290,133,134,162,163,191,192,221,222,251,252,282,283,313,314]"

HideUnselected

See Also

HideAndUnselect

ToggleVisibility

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