Hide vertices, but not mesh

inz · Post by **inz** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:33 pm

Often when modelling characters (face/head) I am overwhelmed by vertices so that I can not select easily the vertex I want. On the other hand, when hiding useless vertices, I lost the full view of my mesh. For example, if I want to model the interior of a mouth, it would be cool to hide lips/face vertices, without hiding the mesh wireframe, which could turn into an other color.

This is already feasible when meshes are separated. So I was wondering if such a feature already exists in blender for vertices in an unique mesh?

Monkeyboi · Post by **Monkeyboi** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:15 pm

Or how about a way to constrain vertex visibility and selection acording to front/backface status? Right now models easily become messy when viewed in edit mode because you can see vertices on the other side. Also it would be useful in many situations to select only what you see, not what's on the other side of your object.

This could be toggled in the Select menu..

theeth · Post by **theeth** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:39 pm

inz: nice suggestion, I really see when that would be useful.

Martin

Roja · Post by **Roja** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:24 am

it's called "ignore backfaces" in other programs. VERY useful option.

theeth · Post by **theeth** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:18 am

No no, that's a completely different thing. You'd hide the vertices but still keep the geometry visible regarding of the FOV. That would be mighty useful when working on small details of a mesh while still having a good idea of how it fits in the whole thing.

Martin

inz · Post by **inz** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:24 pm

Hey, I've made a quick (and dirty) try with current cvs code about this. Here a screenshot :
http://inz.free.fr/blender/test.png
Okay, the blue color is a bad choice :p.

Anyway, I only succeeded in redrawing the mesh wire but I think it is better drawing only the subsurf wire, when the mesh uses subsurfs (not enough time to understand and find what to modify).

mr_rob · Post by **mr_rob** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:09 pm

Nice! I'd really like to see that implemented into the official build.

tuinbels · Post by **tuinbels** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 3:29 pm

inz wrote:So I was wondering if such a feature already exists in blender for vertices in an unique mesh?

You can already do that due to a bug in blender (see bug 1226).

If you turn on subsurf and set the interactive level to 0, the edges of the mesh stay visible when hiding verts.

JA-forreal · Post by **JA-forreal** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:33 am

theeth wrote:inz: nice suggestion, I really see when that would be useful.

Martin

Extremely useful.

Money_YaY! · Post by **Money_YaY!** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:20 pm

tuinbels wrote:
inz wrote:So I was wondering if such a feature already exists in blender for vertices in an unique mesh?
You can already do that due to a bug in blender (see bug 1226).

If you turn on subsurf and set the interactive level to 0, the edges of the mesh stay visible when hiding verts.

Oh wow ! that is a great bug! It should stay that way or get it turned into a feature somehow.

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Hide vertices, but not mesh

Hide vertices, but not mesh

proof of concept