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 |
|---|---|
| Click to Hide |
| Click to Freeze |
| Click to Unfreeze |
You can set which surfaces are visible from the Shaper > Visualization menu:
Icon | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hide Selected | The selected surfaces are hidden. |
| Hide Unselected | The unselected surfaces are hidden. |
| Hide Frozen | The frozen surfaces are hidden. |
| Show All | All hidden surfaces are made visible. Tip
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You can set surface states from the viewport context menu that appears when you right-click on a surface in a Shaper viewport.