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Object Toggle Palette

Author: John Pollard, auto·des·sys, Inc.
Author's e-mail: support@formz.com

Platform: All
Kind: Script
Type: Palette
Extension Version: 9.0.0.0
Minimum form·Z Version: 6.1.0
Updated: 02-01-08


Description: This palette has buttons that will turn off objects that are visible, but not selected.
There is a button to turn objects back to their original state (ghosted or visible). The palette remembers objects that are toggled off between form·Z sessions.

Instructions: Select a group of objects and click "Objects OFF" to toggle off all unselected objects. Select a few of the objects that remain visible and click "Objects OFF" again to turn off more objects. Click the left arrow button to turn the second set of objects back on. Click the left arrow button again to turn the first set of objects back on. Click the right arrow button to turn the first set of objects back off. Click the "Objects ON" button at any time to turn all toggled objects back to their original state.

 

 

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