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Hiding and Unhiding Objects by Selec tion 71
Note:
Hiding a light source do esn’t alter its effect; it
still illuminates the scene.
Original scene
Scene with bed hidden
Hidingobjectsissimilartofreezingobjects.
Linked, instanced, and referenced objects behave
when hidden just as t hey would if unhidden.
Hiddenlightsandcamerasandanyassociated
viewports continue to work normally.
For more information, see Hide Rollout (page
1–53).
Hiding Objects
Hidingobjectsissimilartofreezingobjects.See
Freezing and Unfreezing Objects (page 1–70).You
can hide one or more selected objects. You can
also hide all objects that are not selected.
Another option is to hide objects by category. See
Hiding and Unhiding Objects by Categor y (page
1–72).
Unhidi ng Obj ects
You can unhide objects in either of two ways:
• Use Unhide All to unhide all objects at the same
time.
• UseAllOntodisplayallobjectsatthesame
time.
• Use Un hide By Name to unhide object
selectively. When you click Unhide By Name,
the same dialog is displayed as for hiding, now
called Unhide Objects.
TheUnhidebuttonsareunavailablewhenno
object in the scene is hidden.
Objects that were first hidden by selection and then
hiddenbycategorydonotreappear. Although
they are u nhidden at t he selec tion level, they are
still hidden at the category level. See Hiding and
Unhiding Objects by Category (page 1–72) for more
details.
Impor tant: Objectsonahiddenlayercannotbe
unhidden. If you try to unhide an object on a hidden
layer, you are prompted to unhide the object’s layer.
Procedure
To access Hide options, do one of t he foll owing:
•OpentheLayer Manager (page 3–656).
In the Layer Manager, you can easily hide
groups of objects or layers.
• Open the Display panel. Click Hide, if
necessar y, to expand the rollout.
• Choose Tools menu > Display Floater. This
modeless dialog has the same options as the
Hide rollout. It also contains Freeze options.