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Hide group members?

roger.olofsson
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Hide group members?

roger.olofsson
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Hi,

Is it possible to hide the group members in scene explorer but still have the group visible?

Thanks,

Roger

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MartinBeh
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One could probably script a custom filter for Scene Explorer to do that, but this would need better specification of what exactly should be shown and what not. Probably not every element of your scene has something to do with groups...

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miauuuu
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Open the group and hide all of its members. The selection brackets of the group will "shrink" to a 2d plane but it will still be visible in the viewport and you can select it.

https://miauu-maxscript.com/

MartinBeh
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Run this line of MAXScript code:

SceneExplorerManager.AddReadOnlyProperty "GroupHead" isGroupHead

Then open Scene Explorer, go to Display > Configure Advanced Filter

Open the 'Property' dropdown menu and select the entry "GroupHead" (probably at the bottom of the menu)

Under 'Condition', select 'Starts With' and under 'Reference Value' enter 'true'

--> all objects that are not the head of a group are no longer visible in SE

 

You can toggle this on/off using the filter icon (3rd from the bottom) in the left toolbar of SE (or go to Display > Enable Advanced Filter)

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MartinBeh
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Or a little bit nicer:

SceneExplorerManager.AddReadOnlyTypedProperty #boolean "GroupHead" isGroupHead
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miauuuu
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Yep, my head was somewhere, over the rainbow. The OP asks about Scene Explorer, my answer is about the viewport.

https://miauu-maxscript.com/
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