the hiding system in softimage 7.5 is stupid or what?

#1

This maybe due to my ignorance but everytime I want to hide something like the biped guide, I have to go to every bone, every node in their subtree to hide them individually, which is way too time consuming for such a simple task. Is there an alternate way to do this?

#2

There are three ways that I know of. You can tree-select the whole thing (right-click on any part of the guide), which should select the whole hierarchy, then hide as usual. You can also put the guide in a layer and then set the visibility on the layer itself. Or you can put it in a group, which is similar to layers, but not quite. The online help does a good job of explaining both.

#3

Thanks, that save alot of time.

#4

Do yourself a favor and look up some of the basic VAST training or the like on getting started with XSI.

http://www.vast.ws/resources/xsi/tutorials/tutorials.html

It will save you a lot of frustration and prevent “click and learn” which can kill one in every five kittens and one in six puppies.

#5

Thanks very much! The link is no longer working but I believe that the tutorials can be found here:

http://community.softimage.com/tutorials

Cheer!

#6

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