Display > Heads Up Display

This submenu contains a number of readouts you can show or hide over top of the view panel content.

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Select Details: Displays the current state of reflection and Soft Selection in the bottom-right corner of the scene view.
Object Details: Displays a list of object details that includes: Backfaces, Smoothness, Instance, Display Layer, Distance From Camera and number of Selected Objects. The details are displayed in the top-right corner of the panel. The default is off.
Particle Count: Displays the total number of particles and the number of selected nParticles in the scene. Particle Count includes the number of nParticles and classic particles in the scene.

Poly Count

Displays polygon statistics for the visible objects displayed in the view panel, including Vertices, Edges, Faces, Triangles, and UVs. This feature is useful for games development. The first column on the left lists the total components of all the polygons in the scene. The second column lists the total components of the selected polygon(s). The third column lists the total selected components. The default is off.

Poly Count > has two options.

Cage: Displays the polygon statistics of the cages (the original meshes) for the visible objects in the panel.
Smooth Mesh Preview: Displays the polygon statistics for the visible objects displayed in the panel.

When the display is set to default mode, the cage statistics are shown.

When the display is set to Smooth Mesh Preview mode, the statistics for the smoothed objects are shown.

Subdiv Details: Subdiv current level: Displays the level setting for the currently selected components of the subdivision surface. This option is particularly useful when subdivision components are displayed as points rather than numbers and the level information is required.

Subdiv mode: Displays the mode for the currently selected subdivision surface. That is, Standard or Polygon Proxy mode.
Animation Details: Turns on or off the display of a list of animation details, which include: Playback Speed, Current Character, and IK Blend. The details are displayed above the Frame Rate in the bottom-right corner of the panel. The default is off.
Frame Rate: Displays the frame rate in fps for the current view in the bottom-right corner. The default is off.
Current Frame: Displays the current playback frame number in the bottom-right corner. The default is off.
Scene Timecode: Displays the scene timecode in the bottom-right corner of the scene view. Default is off. See also Set and display timecode for the scene.
Camera Names: Displays the camera name (persp, top, side, front) in the bottom-center of camera views. Also displays the viewport type (High Quality, Viewport 2.0) in the top-center of the viewport. The default is on.
Focal Length: Displays the focal length of the current camera in the bottom-right corner. The default is off.
View Axis: Displays the global axis in the bottom-left corner of all views. The default is on.
Origin Axis: Displays the global axis at the origin (0, 0, 0) within the perspective view. The default is on.
Tool Message: Shows or hides the tool prompts that appear for certain tools. See also Help preferences.