say you have this structure: [image] and you want all layers with the name “Default” to be turned off Script 1 (using rs.LayerVisibility()): import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs import scriptcontext as sc import time def lights_out(layer_list=None): if layer_list is None: layers_to_hide …

Here’s an explanation: [image] Set a sublayer to not visible in RhinoCommon Rhino Developer The persistent visibility setting is used for layers whose visibility can be changed by a “parent” layer. In this case, when a parent layer is turned off, then child layers are also…

https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-52120

This is an old bug IIRC, maybe from V5…

I rely a lot on “selectability” when picking objects in my scripts and this is a blocking issue :frowning:

Select all objects in the layer and hide them, show them after script is finished as a work-around.

Yes this is what I do now due to this bug, but this is slower.

[image] ivelin.peychev: I rely a lot on “selectability” when picking objects in my scripts You can also set a “collection” filter in GetObject(s) that limits the selection to a certain pre-defined set of objects (using the objects argument). I also like to temporarily lock objects I don’t wa…

[image] Helvetosaur: You can also set a “collection” filter in GetObject(s) that limits the selection to a certain pre-defined set I do this, but before I have set usertext attributes my “predefined set” of criteria is limited to just the type of the object and the name. Or layername.endswith…

in RhinoCommon the following 2 lines need to be called. layer.IsVisible = False layer.SetPersistentVisibility(False)

Thanks for the reply @Alain , Is Visible = False I understand, but Set Persistance to false? That I don’t get. I want it persistant why do I have to set it to False? What is SetPersistant doing?

[python] set layer visibility issue

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Alain (Alain Cormier) April 22, 2019, 4:32pm 11

Here’s an explanation:

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[python] set layer visibility issue

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