HideAndUnselect

Introduced

v1.0

Description

Hides and unselects objects.

Scripting Syntax

HideAndUnselect( [Target], [PropertyName] );

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
Target String List of objects to hide and unselect.

Default Value: Current selection

PropertyName String Visibility parameters to set.

Default Value: visibility

Possible Values:

Description:

visibility View and Render visibility
viewvis View visibility
rendvis Render visibility
selectability Selectability

Examples

1. VBScript Example

NewScene

CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"

Translate , -6, 0, 0, siAbsolute, siView, siObj, siXYZ, True, , , , , , , , , 0

CreatePrim "Torus", "MeshSurface"

CreatePrim "Cube", "MeshSurface"

Translate , 7, 0, 0, siAbsolute, siView, siObj, siXYZ, True, , , , , , , , , 0

SelectObj "sphere,cube"

logmessage "Selection before hiding: " & Selection.count & " objects"

for each obj in Selection

logmessage "    " & obj

next

MsgBox "About to perform HideAndUnselect..."

HideAndUnselect

logmessage "Selection after hiding: " & Selection.count & " objects"

for each obj in Selection

logmessage "    " & obj

next

2. VBScript Example

' Create a sphere, hide some polygons and deselect them

NewScene 

SetDisplayMode "Camera", "shaded"

CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"

SetValue "sphere.polymsh.geom.subdivu", 30

SetValue "sphere.polymsh.geom.subdivv", 30

SetValue "sphere.Scene_Material.Phong.diffuse.blue", 0

SetValue "sphere.Scene_Material.Phong.diffuse.red", 1

SetValue "sphere.Scene_Material.Phong.diffuse.green", 1

ActivatePolygonSelTool

SelectGeometryComponents "sphere.poly[168,169,170,198,199,200,258,259,260,288,289,290,133,134,162,163,191,192,221,222,251,252,282,283,313,314]"

HideAndUnselect

See Also

ToggleVisibility HideUnselected