Scripting: SIHideObjects

SIHideObjects

Introduced

v1.0

Description

Hides selected or given objects.

Scripting Syntax

SIHideObjects( [Target], [PropertyName] );

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Target

String

List of objects.

Default Value: Selected objects

PropertyName

String

Visibility parameter(s) 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
'Get two primitive objects, select them both and then hide them
CreatePrim "Cone", "MeshSurface"
CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"
'Select all the polygon mesh children of the scene root and hide them
set objs = activesceneroot.children.filter(siPolyMeshType)
SIHideObjects objs
'Unhide them both and then hide only their render visibility
set objs = activesceneroot.children.filter(siPolyMeshType)
SIUnhideObjects objs
SIHideObjects objs, "rendvis"

2. VBScript Example

NewScene
'Get a primitive sphere, tag some polygons and then hide them
CreatePrim "Sphere", "MeshSurface"
SelectGeometryComponents "sphere.poly[19-21,27-29]"
SIHideObjects