pymel.core.general.showHidden

showHidden(*args, **kwargs)

The showHiddencommand is used to make invisible objects visible. If no flags are specified, only the objects given to the command will be made visible. If a parent of an object is invisible, the object will still be invisible. Invisibility is inherited. To ensure the object becomes visible, use the -a/above flag. This forces all invisible ancestors of the object(s) to be visible. If the -b/below flag is used, any invisible objects below the object will be made visible. To make all objects visible, use the -all/allObjects flag. See also:hide

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
above (a)		bool
	make objects and all their invisible ancestors visible
allObjects (all)		bool
	make all invisible objects visible
below (b)		bool
	make objects and all their invisible decendents visibleFlag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.showHidden

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# create a sphere and group it, then hide the sphere and the group.
pm.sphere( n='sphere1' )
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'sphere1'), nt.MakeNurbSphere(u'makeNurbSphere1')] #
pm.group( n='group1' )
# Result: nt.Transform(u'group1') #
pm.hide( 'group1', 'sphere1' )

# make the sphere visible. Note that you still can't see it
# because the group is invisible.
pm.showHidden( 'sphere1' )

# make the sphere and the group visible.
pm.showHidden( 'sphere1', above=True )

# make everything visible. This will make the cameras (which are
# normally invisible) visible as well.
pm.showHidden( all=True )