Shade Selected

Shade Selected

Select an object to be shaded. - Views menu - Shade Selected

Shade Selected shades only the selected objects in the scene when the viewport is set to Wireframe or Other. When Smooth + Highlights is on, all objects are shaded whether they are selected or not.

Shade Selected lets you work with a wireframe scene and shade only the selected objects when you want to visualize them more clearly. All other objects in the scene will appear in wireframe.

Procedures

To shade only selected objects in a scene:

1. Choose Views menu - Shade Selected.
2. Click or right-click the Shading viewport label and choose Wireframe from the Shading viewport label menu.
3. Select the object. Only the selected object is shaded.