In the past I was able to show a Layer in a Detail View even though the Layer itself was off in ‘model space’. I can’t seem to do that now. Is there any way to revert back to the old behaviour? Thanks, A

In that image, the parent is on, and the lay you selected is on. The base_plate layer is off

Thank you for writing these scripts! I however seem to experience an error when executing the HideLayerInLayoutDetails from the Python Editor. Could you please explain what am I doing wrong? Message: expected Layer, got NoneType Traceback: line 19, in hideLayerInLayouts, "C:\Users\xx\Downloads\H…

Not sure sorry, It’s been a while since I used these scripts since they were causing me bugs.

Hi John, sorry, late reply. Didn’t see your post till I was looking for Detail Layer posts You are correct, but in my screenshot I was trying to highlight the fact that, when in a detail view, the parenet layer can be turned off and the child layer can still be turned on. In my example, Parent Lay…

Hi David - [image] egdivad: This seems to be a bug and is still happening to my detail views. Which version of Rhino are you running? This issue was fixed in November 2020 - RH-61508 . -wim

Hi Wim was there a fix for this issue? Because i still have child layer on while parent layer is off in my detail views. let me know if there is an fix already and i will update to the latest rhino. thanks

Hi @wim @John_Brock it’s still doing it in the detail viewports [image] Here, the layer “PLATFORM” is a child layer of “ACCESS”. “ACCESS” is turned off in the detail viewport but it’s child layer “PLATFORM” can still be on. Layer “PLATFORM” is added to the document after the detail view is crea…

Like everyone else on this thread, I’ve really struggled with this issue in Rhino. Our office recently moved to Vectorworks for most of our workflow, and this limitation was a big part of that decision. I’ll still use Rhino for modeling (it’s wayyyyyyyyy better than VWX), but I really wish Rhino c…

Hi David - [image] egdivad: @wim [image] I didn’t see this reply before now. RH-61508 was fixed in Rhino 7. -wim

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Eugen November 3, 2021, 6:05pm 59

We still can’t. However, a few other threads about this topic exist. This was the latest:

Mac vs Windows

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Questions about layers and layout views Rhino for Windows	30	8073	November 9, 2017
Layer visibility in Detail, Not Painful Anymore! Rhino windows	54	4726	April 7, 2024
Layouts, Details, Layers, and Visibility Rhino for Windows	22	4821	February 1, 2026
Layer Control in Layouts & Thumbnail Update Rhino for Mac rhino , mac	36	4404	September 6, 2022
Rhino 8 WIP Feature: New Layer Visibility Control (Obsolete) Serengeti (Rhino BETA)	50	5773	February 12, 2026

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