Hi Lemo - what is your final goal here, is it to hide everything else except that one object that you selected?

If so, then Hide does not do that directly, but you can set up a keyboard shortcut that will do that. To do that, go to Options / Shortcut keys, and set up a new entry with this as the command:

script:moi.geometryDatabase.invertSelection(); moi.geometryDatabase.hide(true);

Now when you push that shortcut key, everything other than your selection will be hidden. It's kind of like an "Isolate selection" type operation.


The regular "Hide" does not focus on producing that effect - when you go to show objects, the regular version keeps all currently visible objects as visible when you complete the operation. They will disappear during one stage, to make it easier for you to pick which of the hidden objects you want to show, but that is only temporary they all come back when you are done.

Here is another post with a more step-by-step explanation of how showing objects works, it might help clarify: http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=1319.4


But basically, if you want to hide everything else except for your selection you need to use the above keyboard shortcut for that instead of the regular Hide/show.

Please let me know if this still doesn't make sense.

- Michael