Geometry Only

Use this option to display or hide all axes, handles and guides (for details see Nur Geometry).

Almost any type of element that can be displayed in the viewport can be switched on or off here on the Filter tab. The options are self-explanatory: A few elements (e.g., Fields) will be displayed when selected.

Geometry Only Playback

Works as above only that everything except geometry will be hidden when you play back an animation.

Field

Enables/Disables the display of Fields.

Hair

Enables/Disables the display of hair and guides.

Animation Path

Enables/Disables the display of amination paths.

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.

Environment

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

Particle

Enables/Disables the display of Particles.

Joint

Enables/Disables the display of Joints.

Workplane

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

Other

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

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.

World Axis

Enables/Disables the World Axis display.

HUD

Enables/Disables the HUD display.

SDS Mesh

Enables/Disables the Subdivision Surfaces mesh display.

Component Highlighting

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

Object Highlighting

Enable this option of objects should be highlighted with an outline when the mouse approaches.

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.

Axis

Enables/Disables the display of axes.

SDS Cage

Deactivates the display of the unsmoothed Subdivision Surfaces Cage object in point, edge or polygon mode.

N-gon Lines

N-gons consist internally of triangles. This option enables/disables the display of these triangles for each n-gon.

Ghosting

Enables/disables the Display tag’s integrated Ghosting functionality.

Guides

Use this setting to define the visibility of the guidelines (as an object or dynamically).

Handles

Many objects have these orange handles with which you can, for example, interactively modify a cube’s size. This option lets you enable or disable the handles.

Furthermore, this setting also affects the center point display for Null objects

Load Preset...

Save Preset...

Use these settings to load or save the views to the Content Browser. These presets are saved under Presets/User/View Presets where they can be managed.

See also Preset Management for more details.