Isolate the display of objects or components

The Isolate Select command in the View panel displayed above the scene view lets you show only certain objects or components in your scene. Each panel maintains its own Isolate Select settings.

Unlike the Display > Hide commands, Isolate Select lets you isolate components (polygon vertices, faces and edges, NURBS CVs, or subdivision surface faces) and objects, and only affects the display, not rendering.

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Show only the selected objects/components in a panel.

Do one of the following:
  • In the panel, turn on Show > Isolate Select > View Selected.
  • Press Ctrl + 1

Always only show the selected objects in the panel as the selection changes.

In the panel, turn on Show > Isolate Select > Auto Load Selected Objects.

Select whether new objects will or won’t be in the isolated subset.

In the panel, turn Show > Isolate Select > Auto Load New Objects on or off.

Add or remove objects in the isolated subset when Auto Load is off.

In the panel:

To change the isolated subset to the current selection, select Show > Isolate Select > Load Selected Objects.

To add the current selection to the isolated subset, select Show > Isolate Select > Add Selected Objects.

To remove the current selection from the isolated subset, select Show > Isolate Select > Remove Selected Objects.

Save and reuse isolation settings.

In the panel:

To save the current isolation settings, select Show > Isolate Select > Bookmarks > Bookmark Current Objects.

To recall an isolated subset, select it from the Show > Isolate Select > Bookmarks submenu.

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