topic Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe? in Maya Forum

Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

ashutoshkbudhdeo — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 14:35:35 GMT

Basically the title. In Blender, the selected object only has an outline around it's silhouette which IMO makes it easier to see, so is there a way I can do it in Maya as right now it feels very cluttered? I can do a little bit of scripting too if required.

Thanks.

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

mspeer — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:25:04 GMT

Hi!

This is currently not possible.

You could change the transparency on the wireframe

https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-F7824D16-1342-4879-A669-3121D9D3582C

or disable the selection highlighting at all (per panel), but an outline for the selection is currently not an option in Maya.

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

ashutoshkbudhdeo — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:49:12 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

Would it be possible to make a material that does this in the viewport, so that I can maybe write a script that switches to that material when an object is selected?

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

shanemL33YK — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:51:58 GMT

Not sure if this is possible before maya 2023, but @sepu6 showed me an envvar that will make this work.

MAYA_VP2_SELECTION_INDICATOR=4

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

ashutoshkbudhdeo — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:18:22 GMT

Hey thanks for the reply!
I don't know anything about environment variables but after reading the documentation I tried
putenv "MAYA_VP2_SELECTION_INDICATOR" "4"
in mel but it didn't seem to change anything.
Can you please explain how do I set this up?
Thanks!

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

damaggio — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:24:25 GMT

Thanks guys, actually it worked quite well, it would be nice if this was implemented in Maya and maybe some additional options such as color and outline thickness options. kudos @sepu6 .😁

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

shanemL33YK — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:13:36 GMT

You can not do it at runtime. You need to either set it globally before launching maya, or put it in your maya.env file located in

C:\Users\<USER>\Documents\maya\<VERSION>\Maya.env

You would want to add a new line to that file (if pre-existing content) and add:

MAYA_VP2_SELECTION_INDICATOR=4

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

ashutoshkbudhdeo — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:38:34 GMT

It seems to be working, but now I am unable to see the edges/faces in the component mode and I have to toggle wireframe on shaded to view them, but I guess that's the limitation of this.

Thanks for the help!

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

MRENOUX — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:20:01 GMT

hello, it works but how did you change the color and thickness of the outline? thanks

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

ashutoshkbudhdeo — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:58:21 GMT

I had changed my selection colors from Windows -> Settings/Preferences -> Color Settings, and for the thickness of the outline, I think that's because I have anti-aliasing turned on in the viewport

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

xc278260759 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:11:17 GMT

This feature is really useful, but it currently does not support USD. I hope the developers will improve this feature and add a switch inside Maya.

Re: Is there a way to only view outline of the selected object instead of the whole wireframe?

mamorossi — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 02:02:01 GMT

Do you happen to remember which color setting controls the outline in the color preferences? I can't find it for the life of me.