VisGroups: Part III
This is a shot of the brushes that make up the first floor being selected in the 3D window.
Next, we open up the VisGroups dialog box by clicking on View/Screen Elements/Filter Control
Here is the Filter Control dialog box
As you can see, there are no VisGroups at present, but we're gonna fix that - right now.
By clicking on the Edit Groups button, we open up the Object Groups dialog:
To add some Object Groups, click on New Group. We'll start with the first floor.
Highlight the words 'new group' and type 'first floor'
Now, do the same for the second and third floors. Be sure to select different colours for each floor! This makes them easier to select/see in Wireframe and Shaded Views.
Now the Object Groups dialog should look like this:
To temporarily save the new groups, click the Close button.
Now we have something to work with in the Filter Control box.
For now, close it by clicking the little X up in the corner.
Moving on over to the XY View window, the objects I selected in the 3D Window are highlighted there. Now, I right click and select Properties. I click on the VisGroups tab and click the little checkbox next to 'first floor'. This adds the selected brushes to the 'first floor' VisGroup.
Click the X in the upper corner again and close this box. Move over to the 3D window and select all the brushes that make up the second floor - the floor (which is the first floor's ceiling) and the walls. Don't worry about the wall you can't see right now, we'll get to it in a few minutes.
Then, in the XY window, repeat the process I went through for making the first floor VisGroup. Now the second floor is done - one more to go.
OK - now for those missing brushes. By clicking on View/Show Hidden Objects and positioning the Camera like this
Now the brushes that were hidden before are visible. I'll click on the first one and add it to the first floor VisGroup.
Then I'll do the same for the second and third floors.
Now all the floors have been assigned to their own VisGroup.
Let's see what's been accomplished so far:
Click on View/Screen Elements/Filter Control to activate the VisGroups feature.
Now, click the checkbox next to 'first floor' and the Enable Filter checkbox. Clicking Apply activates the first floor VisGroup - that is only the objects in the first floor group should be visible.
Wow! Look what happened! The second and third floors have disappeared from the other four View windows.
What you see here is a shot of just the first floor in the 3D window.