PlyEdit: H - Hiding

Many operations, such as voiding or smoothing, only work on visible faces. There are a hand-full of hiding operations, all accessed via the <H> key.

Figure 1. Hiding Faces

Figure 1 shows you what you get once you have hit the <H> key.

Hiding Inside a Box - <LMB>

If you draw out a box with the <LMB>, then all faces inside this box will be hidden (see left side Figure 2).

Figure 2. Hiding With the Box

Hiding Outsdie a Box - <RMB>

If, however, you draw out a box with the <RMB>, then all faces outside the box are hidden (see right side Figure 2).

Hiding Marked Faces - <G>

You can hide all the marked faces by typing <H><G> (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Hiding Marked Faces

Hiding Using Filling - <F> key

Typing <H><F> is a shortcut version of the surface hiding sequence <G><F> <H><G>.

Because it uses the marking mechanism to select the faces, any faces that happen to be already marked will also be hidden.

Swapping Hidden Faces - <S> key

Type <H><S> to swap the visible and hidden faces.

Showing Hidden Faces - <U> key

Type <H><U> to unhide all hidden faces.

Zoom In On Visible Faces - <Home> key

You can zoom in on the remaining visible faces by aiming the mouse pointer at some background then type the <Home> key. If you aim the pointer at the mesh, then <Home> will focus in on the selected area.

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 You can zoom in on the remaining visible faces by aiming the mouse pointer
-at some background then type the {{key|Home}} key. If you aim the pointer at a piece
+at some background then type the {{key|Home}} key. If you aim the pointer at the mesh, then {{key|Home}} will focus in on the selected area.
-of mesh, then {{key|Home}} will focus in on that area.
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