temporarily hiding points?

#1

Hi,

I’m working on a car project, the most complex project so far. Since it’s a bit complex, it would be nice if you could truly isolate selection - I mean not just the mesh I’m tweaking, but a selection of points / edges / polygons - is this possible?

Check out the screen capture to see what I mean, having the lower parts (points) visible of the fender make it a bit difficult to fix the curvature on the upper part (top view):

I spent couple of hours trying to fix this bump (should be round) - starting feel like a black smith :slight_smile:

#2

You can isolate components with clusters. Name your clusters and even make a selection tool to turn them on/off.

#3

Thanks, I’m still missing something here.

I created a cluster by choosing the lower part of the fender in point mode and named it, but I still didn’t understand how I can isolate that. Checking isolate selection doesn’t seem to care about the cluster and just isolates the entire mesh.

(Got that fender fixed now with some intense tweaking, but I would sure appreciate to learn how I can use this cluster thing in the future)

#4

Try isolating polygons instead of points. Select some polys, and tap “h” to hide them.

You can even use the polygon cluster visibility property under, Property > Polygon Cluster Visibility. Just keep in mind this hides the polygons from the render as well, so be sure to turn the render visibility “on”.

#5

Well, that works! Thanks again!

#6

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