Visibility system in FreeCAD

[usbhub]

Hello,
is there a consistent system of the visibility in FreeCAD? To example, for a boolean operation, the children get invisible, because a boolean operation creates a complete new object. In contrast to this, the children of an App::Part remain visible because no new object is created, but the objects are merely grouped.
Is thery any possibility to get this information in Python (or a general rule I don't know for the visibility of the children)?

Thanks in advance!
usbhub

[openBrain]

Each object has a ".Visibility" property that tells if it is visible or hidden.

[vocx]

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Is thery any possibility to get this information in Python (or a general rule I don't know for the visibility of the children)?
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I don't understand what you mean by "rule", but basically every scripted object in FreeCAD, that is, objects that are meant hold a shape in the 3D view, and which are derived from Part Feature, have a Visibility attribute (boolean). You can read it and set it as you wish.

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obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature", "Name")
obj.ViewObject.Visibility = False

[usbhub]

Oh, I think there is a misapprehension. I don't mean the visibility of the object itself, I mean the rule for the "standard" visibility of the children.
To example the boolean operation with the not visible childs and the App::Part on the other side with the visible children.

What I mean, is the rule / information about the type of the object. Is it a completly new object, only built by the shape of the chlidren (boolean operation) or is the parent only a object for grouping object (App::Part).

I hope, now it is a bit more clear
usbhub

[DeepSOIC]

It is built into command code, and I'm afraid there's no standard way of figuring it out.
for example, hiding the children is done by this line of code:
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... d.cpp#L516

[usbhub]

It is built into command code, and I'm afraid there's no standard way of figuring it out.
for example, hiding the children is done by this line of code:
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... d.cpp#L516

Okay, too bad, then there's only the dirty way of a list that says what it's like with the corresponding object.

But thanks anyway!