Often I am working on my model and I hide something temporarily. Then, when I want to unhide it, not everything comes back always. I had to open the component and select the component I wanted unhidden.
Is there a way to just Unhide ALL. This gets complex when I have so many components and groups.
I am using the Web version of SketchUp and am having trouble unhiding objects that are within groups. I tried to follow the instructions give by @josephkim626 but it didnât work for me.
I only have 5 main groups in my drawing, each of which has many nested groups and subgroups. This means the only way âUnhide Allâ works for me is when I hide one of those 5 main groups. If I hide one object within one of those main groups and yet still leave other parts unhidden then âUnhide allâ doesnât work. Very confusing: I always thought âallâ meant âallâ.
Can someone please explain to me how to unhide all objects without using a plugin? Again, Iâm using SketchUp web.
Follow @DaveR 's advice, displaying hidden objects. That way you can select them in the current context, the environment you are working in.
âUnhide allâ means unhide hidden entities (basic entities and groups and components) that are hidden in the current context not in lower nor in higher levels of nesting.
Thanks for the reply, but the problem occurs when there are objects surrounding the object I want to unhide - for example if you put a couple of boxes around the chair and then you wouldnât be able to select what you wanted to unhide, right?
Again, I just want some thing that truly does unhide âallâ â I am very happy with how my model is organized for other reasons and Iâd rather not change that. I can except it if thereâs no work around but I just thought I would ask from those of you know a lot more about sketchup
Share your model so we can see what you are working with.
If you make appropriate use of tags you can use them to control the visibility of some of the objects so you can gain access to the others more easily.
Not in the web version. âUnhide Allâ works per context.
There are extensions that âUnhide Allâ throughout the entire model, all levels of nesting. Unfortunately the web version does not work with extensions.
Since @DaveR asked me to share a model, Iâve attached a test file which has a structure like this:
Here the computer is within a blue box within a green ball, within a gray box. Suppose I want to change the screen color on the computer and as I drill down through the groups I hide various items. What I want to be able to do is then unhide all items using just SketchUp Web. I know how to do this using Sketchup 2017, but my question is how to do this just in SketchUp web.
Iâve shown you how to do it in SketchUp Web. As @Box indicated Hide is not the appropriate way to be managing visibility in the model. You should be using tags for that.
Using a section plane is a great idea. It is so simple that I was able to do it immediately. I knew there would be someone who could help. Thanks for responding so quickly.
To @DaveR: thank you for your responses, but I couldnât figure out how to follow your instructions with the web version. Probably I donât have my model set up right or my fault for some other reason since Iâm at such a simple level. Really appreciate all you experts.