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@Gorgious , relative to this commit, why not just turn the type on, and select it?
On import I think we should have the 'Types' collection turned on, and all the child types turned off. And when bim.select_type is selected it turns on the type and makes it active.
thoughts?
Hey thanks for following on that ;) I've thought about this today as a matter of fact ! After using it a bit it would make more sense that if the user presses the button, the addon does all the legwork to select it. Unfortunately a hidden object can't be selected in Blender, so we have to make a compromise here. There is also the problem that there are a number of ways an object cannot be selected. Any and all of these :
It isn't linked to any collection in the current view layer
All the collections it is linked to are excluded (checkbox)
All the collections it is linked to are temporarily hidden (eye icon)
All the collections it is linked to are hidden (monitor icon)
All the collections it is linked to are unselectable (cursor icon)
It is hidden temporarily (eye icon)
It is hidden globally (monitor icon)
It is unselectable globally (cursor icon) :
In a perfect world I think it would be nice to be able to use the BlenderBIM addon without an Outliner editor open, at least for simple inspection tasks.
Although I would use the monitor icon which is the "permanent" hide setting. I think we don't want users to unintenionally un-hide types with ALT+H if they don't want to. I would also deactivate the "Types" collection render flag so they don't appear in renders.
One question though, does the object type stay un-hidden when the user selects another element ? If they select another type, when the other type gets shown, does it hide the other one ? It would make sense to me, however it should only happen in the case where there is only 1 type object un-hidden, otherwise it may hide things that the user doesn't want to.
One question though, does the object type stay un-hidden when the user selects another element ?
I would leave it up to the user to 'hide' it manually.
There might be times someone might want to view multiple types at one time.
There is also the problem that there are a number of ways an object cannot be selected. Any and all of these :
defer to you. :)
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