Hi everyone.
Am new to Rhino and I have two quick question.
Firstly does anyone here know a command that allows you to click on a object and freeze that layer and also unfreeze it. Right now am constantly going to the layer window and clicking the individual layers off manually.
and secondly, is there a command to match properties by clicking one layer and then assigning it to another layer?
Thanks in advance.
lock/unlock will do this for objects you select.
or as you have discovered, you can hit the lock icon on a layer to lock all objects on that layer.
hide/show is also useful to help cull down your screen and allow you to focus on just the parts you want to work on.
isolate allows you to click on an item, then hide everything else. Show brings them all back.
just to carry that thought a little further -
Unisolate brings you back to the pre-Isolate state - leaving other objects that were hidden when you started Isolate alone in their hidden state. Show shows all hidden objects.
See also UnlockSelected and ShowSelected as well as LockSwap and HideSwap.
-Pascal
Hi Stephen, when you say “freeze”,does that mean You can’t snap to it (like reference geometry)? What other ideas are you thinking of?
When starting out in a new software does it seem stupid the way you have to go around the interface kind of getting muscle memory (for your eyes) to learn where all the right buttons to push? It gets better as you go along.
The second question someone else might know.—-Mark
My understanding is that you are coming from an AutoCAD background trying to look for some similar functionality , let me answer your questions below:
yes, it is called MatchProperties, although it works backward.(select objects to modify , then select source object)
Yes although the acronym is different (freeze in Autocad = Hide) ,
There is a command called “OnelayerOff”
awesome thanks guys… you all been very helpful 