How to hide curves that aren't selected in edit mode

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I’m trying to edit some curves to create hair cards but due to how many curves there are I can’t see anything. Is there anyway to turn off the “in front” display of curves? Here’s a picture if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

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If this are all curve elements of on object then of course you see every point in edit mode… You curves also seem to use a lot of control points… you may want to decimate the curves with a ratio of 0.5 maybe even 0.3 doen to 0.25 or even 0.2 ???

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I don’t think there’s a way to isolate curves on the fly.

The best course of action (imho) is to break up the curves into several layers/collections: front, back, sides, top, etc… You’d be able to better shape the hair in more organized way and disable visibility for whole layers.

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Of course it’s easier said then done, there are many issues that might arise since curved haircard may be a complex object.

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Well the “In Front” flag is in Object Properties-> Viewport Display and is an “per Object” setting. If all your objects are in a single object you can use the Curve->Separate and Object->Join to split them into individual strands or rejoin them later. Btw. reducing control points and better structural organization are definitely good tips here.

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Edit

  • Did the OP edit his post? My solution I just realized is for the thread title…

1-click solution

  • Simply do SHIFT + H or click the button shown in the screenshot below.
    • Python equivalent:
import bpy

if bpy.context.mode == "EDIT_CURVE":
    bpy.ops.curve.hide(unselected=True)

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Manual way

  • Select the curves that you want to keep.
  • Invert your selection to automatically deselect the curves you want to keep and replace your selection with the curves that you wish to be rid of.
  • Hide curves with H.
    • Python equivalent:
import bpy

if bpy.context.mode == "EDIT_CURVE":
    bpy.ops.curve.select_all(action="INVERT")
    bpy.ops.curve.hide(unselected=False)
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We are not sure how the scene is setup, so it may very well fit . :+1:

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You can try clipping region, Alt+B
https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/3dview/navigate/regions.html#clipping-region