Patchwork 3D Enterprise 2021.1 X5

Surface States

Surfaces can be hidden or frozen.

  • A hidden surface is not visible in any viewport. This includes Matter viewports.

  • A frozen surface cannot be selected or modified.

In Shaper, a surface's state is listed:

  • As icons in the Surfaces box of the Geometry sidebar tab,

  • By checkbox in the tab Geometry from the editor Surface properties (keyboard shortcut: P).

In Matter, a surface's frozen state has no meaning. Its visibility state is listed:

  • As a check-box in the Surface Properties editor (right-click on the surface in a viewport and choose Edit properties).

You can use interaction modes to set the state of several surfaces by clicking on them. These are available from the Shaper > Mode menu or from the toolbar:

Icon

Description

hide_1.png

Click to Hide

freeze_1.png

Click to Freeze

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Click to Unfreeze

You can set which surfaces are visible from the Shaper > Visualization menu:

Icon

Function

Description

hide_selected_1.png

Hide Selected

The selected surfaces are hidden.

hide_unselected_1.png

Hide Unselected

The unselected surfaces are hidden.

hide_frozen_1.png

Hide Frozen

The frozen surfaces are hidden.

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Show All

All hidden surfaces are made visible.

Tip

image569.png Show All is also available from the context menu that appears when you right-click in a Matter viewport.

You can set surface states from the viewport context menu that appears when you right-click on a surface in a Shaper viewport.