[Gmsh] Hide and show entities

[Christophe Geuzaine]

On 28/04/11 15:09, Zenker, Dr. Matthias wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a mesh file and want to visualize only selected entities in gmsh.
> In the GUI, I can dio that using Tools->Visibiliy and selecting the
> entities I want to see. Now I would like to do that automatically at
> startup. I have written a small geo file with the following commands:
>
> Merge "Myfile.msh";
> Hide "*";
> Show { Surface {10}; }
>
> Now the problem is that Surface 10 is not shown, whereas when I write
>
> Merge "Myfile.msh";
> Hide { Surface {10,12}; }
> Show { Surface {10}; }
>
> surface 12 is hidden, and surface 10 is shown, as well as all the other
> surfaces in the file. If I want to see only surface 10 that way, I would
> have to list all other surfaces in the Hide command.
>
> Is there another way to hide all entities except one?
>

Hi Matthias - it's actually a small bug in the code. It should be fixed 
in tomorrow's nighty builds.

Thanks for the report,

Christophe

>
> Thank you for a hint,
>
> Matthias
>
>
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