{"id":2291,"date":"2019-10-31T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2022-07-19T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:21:30","slug":"filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/filter\/","title":{"rendered":"Outliner Filter (Hidden Content)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f626404e6d6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f626404e6d6\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/filter\/#outliner\" >Outliner<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/filter\/#filter-settings\" >Filter Settings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Whilst the <b>Outliner<\/b> behaves more-or-less the same in Blender 2.8+ as it did for previous versions of the application one or two changes cause content to appear missing from the 3D View but not rendered images (or vice versa). This issue is due to different <b>Filter<\/b> options being omitted by default.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"outliner\"><\/span>Outliner<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Outliner is where everything related to a given project is accessible in a human readable form. The default <b>Display Mode<\/b>, the presentation format for this information, is <b>View Layer<\/b> and shows the open projects contents as a list of items collected together as\/under a <b>Scene Collection<\/b>. Here, data related is itemised using their respective their <i>unique identifier<\/i> or &#8216;ID&#8217; (commonly their &#8216;name&#8217;); a <i>graphic &#8216;data-type&#8217; icon<\/i> describing the &#8216;type&#8217; of data represented i.e. a <i>camera<\/i>, <i>mesh<\/i> or <i>lamp<\/i>; and to the right an &#8216;<i>eye<\/i>&#8216; icon graphic, <b>Hide in Viewport<\/b>, that indicates whether the object is visible or hidden from view.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: to show\/hide a given object in the 3D View the &#8216;eye&#8217; icon can be clicked to enable\/disable the selected items display, or ordinarily from the <strong>Object <\/strong>menu using <b>Hide Selected<\/b> &#8211; <b>Object \u00bb Show\/Hide \u00bb Hide Selected<\/b> (alternatively <span class=\"shortcutkey\">H<\/span>), and <b>Show Hidden Objects<\/b> &#8211; <b>Object \u00bb Show\/Hide \u00bb Hide Selected<\/b> (alternatively <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">H<\/span>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/render-missing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/render-missing.jpg\" alt=\"Object missing from Render in Blender 2.8+\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>An object missing from rendering a scene despite the mesh displaying in the 3D View.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/outliner-itemised-list.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/outliner-itemised-list.jpg\" alt=\"Default 'filter' options in the Outliner\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The default &#8216;filter&#8217; options in the Outliner show\/hide content in the 3D View &#8211; click the &#8216;eye&#8217; icon to toggle on\/off (show\/hide).<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"filter-settings\"><\/span>Filter Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/old\/\">older pre-2.8 *.blend files<\/a> in particular, the new Outliner defaults can cause issues as previously hidden objects might appear to be missing entirely from display either\/or\/both the 3D View (or other display views) and Render. The culprit in these instances are\u00a0 missing (as in &#8216;have not been set&#8217;) <b>Filter<\/b> properties. To enable\/activate the omitted options, in the <b>Outliner<\/b> click the <b>Filter<\/b> icon to access the context pop-up. At the very top are the <b>Restriction Toggles:<\/b> each representing a behavioural type, i.e. where something is disaplyed. Click &#8216;monitor&#8217; and &#8216;camera&#8217; icons to enable the <b>Disable in Viewports<\/b> and <b>Disable in Renders<\/b> toggles in the Outliner. Exiting the menu an extra set of icons will be available that can be clicked to enable\/disable their respective function.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Important<\/b>: to ensure Disable in Viewports and Disable in Renders are available Blender 2.8 opens; in a clean <b>General<\/b> project (File <i>\u00bb<\/i> New <i>\u00bb<\/i> General) set the options in the Outliner (without doing anything else), then from the <strong>File<\/strong> menu click <b>Defaults<\/b>, then <b>Save Startup File<\/b> &#8211; <b>File \u00bb Defaults \u00bb Save Startup File<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/save-startup-file.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/save-startup-file.jpg\" alt=\"Default 'filter' options in the Outliner\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Once set, the Filter options can be saved to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/userpref\/\">Startup File<\/a> so they load whenever Blender is used (settings should also be saved to *.blend project files once set).<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/filter-options.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/filter-options.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting additional Filter options in Blender 2.8\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/additional-filter-options.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/additional-filter-options.jpg\" alt=\"Additional Filter options in the Outliner\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/filter-render.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/filter\/filter-render.jpg\" alt=\"Enabled the missing object is now visible\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Once the omitted Filter options are enabled they will be accessible in the Outliner list, simply click to toggle the feature on\/off (show\/hide in its respective display mode) &#8211; shown above missing object is now visible in rendered image.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,230],"tags":[384,627,485,626,382,372,177,628,629],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-tutorials","tag-3d-view","tag-display","tag-display-mode","tag-filter","tag-invisible","tag-outliner","tag-render","tag-show-hide","tag-startup-file","comments-off"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5112,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions\/5112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}