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Show

Changes the visibility of items on a per-window basis.

Show Options

Mode

  • Show – Choose this setting to make checked items visible, and unchecked items invisible.

  • Toggle – Change the visibility state of checked items from their current state.

Show

Automatically turns all the checkboxes on (All) or off (None).

Model

Shows or hides wireframe models. This does not affect the ability of the model to be visible when hardware shaded: it’s the wireframe display that is turned off.

Pivots

Shows or hides green rotation and scale pivots.

Grid

Shows or hides window grid.

Guidelines

Shows or hides guidelines (usually created by keypoint curve tools).

Locators

Shows or hides objects created using the Locators palette.

Construction Objects

Shows or hides construction points, vectors, and planes.

Canvas Planes

Shows or hides canvas planes.

Lights

Shows or hides light icons as shown in modeling windows.

Textures

Turns texture placement object off or on if they Show Transform is turned on in the Texture Editor. This does not affect the ability of the textures to be visible when Hardware Shade is turned on.

Cameras

Shows or hides camera icons

Clouds

Shows or hides display of cloud point data.

All Windows

Check this box to change the display in all windows. Uncheck it to change the display in the current window only.

Note: Item visibility can also be toggled from the Show menu in the title bar of each view window.

Show or hide items

This method works for the current window or all windows.

  1. Shift-select Display > Show.
  2. In the Show Options, select a mode (Show or Toggle).
  3. Put a check mark in the boxes of all items you want to affect.
  4. Put a check mark next to All Windows if you want to affect the visibility of items in all windows, or remove the check mark to affect only the current window.
  5. Click Go.

The settings take effect if the item type chosen is currently visible. If the item is turned off on an object basis (for example, by using one of the ObjectDisplay menu items), it remains off regardless of the choice made in the Show option box.

Note: The individual tools are still available from the Display > Toggles menu to make it easier to add the different display toggles to shelves.

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