Filter

Display Filter

If you select the name of a hidden object in the Object Manager, the object’s axis system appears in the viewport. You can still position, scale and rotate the hidden object using its axis system and the Move, Scale and Rotate tools.

RELEASE 22

Preset Management

Load Presets

Here you will find a list of the Viewport presets saved in the Content Browser. These presets can be created using the Save Preset function, in the Filter tab of the view’s Configure menu or in the Viewport Renderer’s Filter menu.

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Default

Sets the filter selection back to the default settings.

These presets can be dragged directly from the Content Browser. Double-clicking on e preset will load it into the active view.

Geometry Only

Left disabled, right enabled Geometry Only option.

This is a very useful function to hide all axes, handles and guides and only show the geometry. This function is primarily designed for use with the Viewport renderer, which also offers this option.

Individual Commands/Options

Each of these commands in principle activate the commands in the Viewport preference’s Filter menu.

With the introduction of Cinema 4D S22, the filter menu can be detached from the main menu and contains commands, which offer additional advantages such as arranging in palettes, keyboard shortcuts, etc. Note that simultaneously pressing the Ctrl/Cmd key when clicking on an option will enable only this option and disable all others.

Null

Enables/Disables the display of Null objects.

Polygon

Enables/Disables the display of polygons.

Spline

Enables/Disables the display of Splines.

Generator

Enables/Disables the display of Generators.

Subdivision Surface

Enables/Disables the display of Subdivision Surfaces.

Deformer

Enables/Disables the display of Deformers.

Camera

Enables/Disables the display of cameras.

Light

Enables/Disables the display of lights.

Joint

Enables/Disables the display of Joints.

Particle

Enables/Disables the display of Particles.

Environment

Enables/disables environment objects such as the Floor, Background, etc.

Other

This refers to elements that do not fall into any other category such as loudspeakers, etc.

Workplane

Enables/Disables the display of all grids such as Base Grid and Workplane.

World Grid

If the Workplane does not lie on the default XZ plane, 2 grids will be visible in the Viewport. This option can be used to toggle the display of the default grid.

Axis

Enables/Disables the display of axes.

World Axis

Enables/Disables the World Axis display.

Multi-Select Axes

When multiple objects are selected a small object axis will be displayed for each. Use this option to turn the display of these axes on or off.

Handles

Many objects have these orange handles with which you can, for example, interactively modify the dimensions of a cube. This option enables/disables the handles (e.g., if they bother you in a ProRender preview render).

Furthermore, these settings effect the center point display of Null objects.

Object Highlighting

Elements that can be selected (points, edges, polygons) will be highlighted when the cursor lies over them.

Component Highlighting

Elements that can be selected (points, edges, polygons) will be highlighted when the cursor is placed over them.

SDS Mesh

Enables/Disables the display of the Subdivision Surface mesh.

SDS Cage

Enables/Disables the display of the non-smoothed Subdivision Surface Cage object in Use Point, Edge and Polygon modes.

N-gon Lines

Internally, n-gons are also made up of triangles. This option enables/disables the display of these triangles for each n-gon.

Guides

Filters the visibility of the Guides (both as an object and dynamically).

Animation Path

Enables/Disables the display of animation paths.

Ghosting

Enables/Disables the Ghosting function integrated in the Display tag.

HUD

Enables/Disables the HUD display.

Horizon

Enables/Disables the horizon display.