Hide, isolate, show all
Hide parts that are in the way, look at a few parts on their own, and bring everything back with one key.
Hiding is how you look inside a model. A hidden part is still in the scene. It is only not drawn.
- H
- Hide the selected parts
- ShiftH
- Hide the rest: everything that is not selected
- AltH
- Show all parts again
- S
- Isolate the selection. Press it again to show everything.
Isolate
- Select the parts you want to look at.
- Press S. Everything else disappears.
- A pill at the top of the viewport says so, for example “Isolated · 3 of 1,583 parts”.
- Press S again, or click the pill, to show everything.
In the parts tree
Every row has an eye at its right end. Click it to hide or show that part. The eye on a group hides or shows everything inside it.
Good to know
- Hiding and showing are undo steps. CtrlZ takes one back.
- Properties shows how many parts are hidden.
- A saved scene remembers which parts were hidden.
- When you export, the switch Visible parts only decides whether hidden parts are written to the file. See Export.