Freeze individual Objects in Viewport

[chris4455]

I would like the ability to freeze individual objects in certain viewports.

[BlackBox]

I would like the ability to freeze individual objects in certain viewports.

You mean like this:

;; Turn off visibility for selected objects
(defun c:OFF (/ ss)
  (vl-load-com)
  (prompt "\n Select objects to hide: ")
  (if (setq ss (ssget))
    ((lambda (i / e)
       (while (setq e (ssname ss (setq i (1+ i))))
         (vla-put-visible
           (vlax-ename->vla-object e)
           :vlax-false)))
      -1))
  (princ))
 
;; Turn on visibility for all objects
(defun c:ON (/ ss)
  (vl-load-com)
  (prompt "\n Turning on visibility for all objects... ")
  (if (setq ss (ssget "_x"))
    ((lambda (i / e)
       (while (setq e (ssname ss (setq i (1+ i))))
         (vla-put-visible
           (vlax-ename->vla-object e)
           :vlax-true)))
      -1))
  (princ))

Edit:
Error checking not included. Beware of locked layers, etc.

[dkoch]

Does that work on a per-viewport basis, or is the selected object made invisible globally?

[BlackBox]

Does that work on a per-viewport basis, or is the selected object made invisible globally?

Sorry for the delayed response, as I've been out of town for a two-day training event.

To answer your question, this code turns off the Visible property for each object selected, so any viewport where the object is 'in view', the object will no longer be visible (i.e. Globally).

AFAIK, AutoCAD does not provide a means to turn off visibility (at the entity level) which is viewport specific... at least not without copying, and layer manipulation.

[dkoch]

That is what I thought your function did, and what I thought the program's capabilities were; but I thought I would ask since there certainly are many things in the program about which I am less than knowledgeable.

I am thinking that the original poster was looking for an equiavalent to Revit's "Hide in View" feature, which would be a valid wish, since it can not be done.

[Dsmay06]

Is there a way to edit the lisp above to be able to freeze individual objects that are in an xref? It works great, but I need the ability to freeze different objects that are in a xref. Thanks