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70 Chapter 3: Selecting Objects
You can select any number of objects in Schematic
View us ing standard methods, including dragging
a region. For more information, see Using
Schematic View (page 3–640).
Freezing and Unf reezing Obj ects
You can freeze any select ion of objects in your
scene. By default, frozen objects, whether
wireframe or rendered, turn a dark gray. They
remain visible, but can’t be selected, and therefore
can’t be directly tr ansformed or modified.
Freezing lets you protect objec ts from accidental
editing and speeds up redraws.
Above: No layers frozen
Below: Trash can and streetlight are frozen, and displayed in
gray
You can choose to have frozen objects retain their
usual color or texture in viewports. Use the Show
Frozen In Gray toggle in the General tab of the
Object Properties dialog (page 1–117).
Frozen objects are similar to hidden objects.
Linked, instanced, and referenced objects behave
when frozen just as they would if unfrozen. Frozen
lights and cameras and any ass o ciated viewports
continue to work as they norma lly do.
For more information, see Freeze Rollout (page
1–54).
Fr e ezi n g Ob je ct s
You can f reeze one or more selected objects. This
is the usual method to put objects "on hold."
You can a lso freeze all objects that are not selected.
This method lets you keep only the selected object
active, useful in a cluttered scene, for example,
where you want to be sure no other objects are
affected.
Procedure
To access Fr eeze options, do one of the followi ng:
• Open the Display panel, then expand
theFreezerollout.
• Choose Tools menu > Display Floater. This
modeless dialog has the same options as the
Freeze rollout. It also contains Hide options.
• Access the Object Properties dialog (page 1–117)
from either the right-click (quad) menu or the
Edit menu. Turn on Hide and/or Freeze.
• In the Layer Manager, click in the Freeze
column to freeze/unfreeze each layer in the list.
• Right-click in the active v iewport and choose
a Freeze or Unfreeze command from the quad
menu > Display quadrant.
Hiding a nd Unhi ding Objects by
Selection
You can hide any selection of individual objects in
your scene. They disappear from view, making it
easier to select remaining objects. Hiding objects
also speeds up redraws. You can then u n hide
all objects at once or by individual object name.
You can a lso filter the names by category, so only
hidden objects of a certain type are listed.