Panel menu: Show

This Show menu displays above the scene view, or above each view panel in a layout with multiple scene views.

Use the items in this menu to show or hide specific object types in a panel.
Tip: Certain objects or components have hotkeys that let you switch quickly between visibility states, which you can use to save you time navigating to this menu.
The following objects are:
Hotkey Toggles visibility
Alt + 1 NURBS curves
Alt + 2 Polygon meshes
Alt + 4 Image planes
Alt + 5 Wireframe/Shaded
Isolate Select

Lets you show only certain objects or components in your scene. Each panel maintains its own Isolate Select settings.

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

Note: Isolate Select does not work with vertices or edges on subdivision surfaces.
Grid
Allows you to turn the grid off in a single panel.

Isolate Select options

View Selected
Activates or deactivates Isolate Select. When activated, the word Isolate appears at the bottom of the panel, indicating that the current selection is isolated.

Hotkey: Ctrl + 1

Auto Load New Objects, Auto Load Selected Objects
Turn on to automatically update the Isolate Select panel when you add new objects or change your selection. If turned off, you must use the Load, Add, or Remove Selected Objects options to update the panel.
Note: Auto Load New Objects is on by default.
Load Selected Objects, Add Selected Objects, Remove Selected Objects
If the Auto Load options are off, you can use these options to control the Isolate Select display. Select items from the scene and then load, add, or remove them as needed. Note that Load Selected Objects replaces the display with the current selection, while Add Selected Objects adds the current selection to the selections already displaying.
Bookmarks
Lets you bookmark an isolated selection. To create a bookmark, select Show > Isolate Select > Bookmarks > Bookmark Current Objects. Select the option box if you want to name the bookmark; otherwise, a default name is used.

To view bookmarked items, select Show > Isolate Select > Bookmarks > BookmarkName. Select it again to turn it off and return to the previous view. You can view multiple bookmarks at the same time. Bookmarks are saved with the scene as a set.

Playblast Display

Expand this menu to hide elements from any Playblasts.

The default is Show.

Selection Highlighting

Toggles the highlighting of elements that are clicked on or off. The default setting is on, where objects are highlighted when you select them. See the example below for an example of selection highlighting activated, followed by selection highlighting disabled.
Note: If you want to components such as vertices, edges, faces and so on, highlighted as you mouse over them, see the Preselection Highlight option in the Selection preferences.
The selection highlighting menu is found at the bottom of the Show panel menu.

Related topics

Parent topic: Panel menus